Table 2 Correlation between factors (demographic, knowledge, socio-cognitive) and hand hygiene behaviour

Hand hygiene behaviour score

293

1.78 (0.69)

1.75 (1)

–

–

Age

293

22.58 (5.80)

22 (5)

0.01 [− 0.11, 0.12]

0.857

Gender (F/M)

289

N/A

N/A

−0.23 [− 0.33, − 0.12]

< 0.001

Ethnicity (Minorities/White)

293

N/A

N/A

−0.08 [− 0.20, 0.04]

0.152

Student home/Intl status

289

N/A

N/A

−0.07 [− 0.18, 0.043]

0.222

Health course

290

N/A

N/A

0.04 [−0.08, 0.16]

0.480

Exposure

291

N/A

N/A

0.11 [−0.004, 0.23]

0.064

Disease knowledge

287

2.52 (0.75)

3.00 (1.0)

0.10 [−0.02, 0.22]

0.086

Risk perception

293

4.31 (1.55)

4.33 (2.16)

0.20 [0.10, 0.29]

0.001

Self-efficacy – infection avoidance

293

6.12 (1.87)

6.0 (2.0)

−0.08 [−0.20, 0.04]

0.158

Hand hygiene effectiveness knowledge

290

7.53 (0.70)

8.0 (1.0)

−0.07 [0.019, 0.07]

0.239

Advantages

293

4.16 (0.54)

4.25 (0.5)

0.29 [0.19, 0.39]

< 0.001

Disadvantages (reversed)

292

4.06 (0.77)

3.67 (1.33)

0.19 [0.06, 0.31]

0.001

Attitudes

292

2.22 (1.02)

2.33 (2.0)

0.26 [0.15, 0.37]

< 0.001

Time factor

293

4.24 (0.68)

4.0 (1.0)

0.49 [0.40, 0.58]

< 0.001

Habit

290

3.74 (0.85)

4.0 (1.0)

0.58 [0.50, 0.66]

< 0.001

Self-efficacy – Hand hygiene

293

4.47 (0.58)

4.67 (1.0)

0.38 [0.27, 0.48]

< 0.001