Table 6 Factors associated with Barbers’ practice towards prevention of biological hazards related to their work in Gondar town, April, 2012, (n= 400)
Variables | Practice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Safe, n | Unsafe, n | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95%CI) | p-value | |
Availability of UV sterilizer | Yes | 44 | 204 | 3.91(2.07,7.46) | 2.93(1.55,5.52) | 0.001** |
No | 17 | 135 | 1 | Â | Â | |
Availability of towel sterilizer | Yes | 19 | 49 | 2.68(1.37,5.20)* | Â | Â |
No | 42 | 290 | 1 | Â | Â | |
Working hour | ≤8 | 14 | 180 | 1 | 1 |  |
>8 | 47 | 159 | 3.85(1.96,7.69) | 3.23(1.69,6.25) | 0.000** | |