Table 3 Attitudes of nurses, doctors, and laboratory personnel responses on infection control and AMR
Description | Pre-intervention N = 393 | Post-intervention N = 420 | Total N = 813 | P value‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
1. Concerned about risks to staff when caring for patient with critical AMR infection | (n = 342) | (n = 371) | (n = 713) | 0.64 |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 13 (3.8) | 14 (3.8) | 27 (3.8) | |
Don’t know | 9 (2.6) | 6 (1.6) | 15 (2.1) | |
Disagree/ Strongly disagree | 320 (93.6) | 351 (94.6) | 671 (94.1) | |
2.Feel comfortable working in wards/ICU where patients with critical AMR are admitted | (n = 341) | (n = 370) | (n = 711) | 0.74 |
Comfortable /Very comfortable | 211 (61.9) | 235 (63.5) | 446 (62.7) | |
Don’t know | 26 (7.6) | 23 (6.2) | 49 (6.9) | |
Not comfortable/ Very uncomfortable | 104 (30.5) | 112 (30.3) | 216 (30.4) | |
3.Feel comfortable working in laboratory where critical AMR organisms are processed | (n = 49) | (n = 49) | (n = 98) | 0.27* |
Comfortable /Very comfortable | 39 (79.6) | 37 (75.5) | 76 (77.6) | |
Don’t know | 6 (12.2) | 3 (6.1) | 9 (9.2) | |
Not comfortable/ Very uncomfortable | 4 (8.2) | 9 (18.4) | 13 (13.3) | |
4. Willing to change work environment to prevent or control critical AMR infections | (n = 342) | (n = 368) | (n = 710) | 0.13 |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 288 (84.2) | 312(84.8) | 600 (84.5) | |
Don’t know | 15 (4.4) | 26 (7.1) | 41 (5.8) | |
Disagree/ Strongly disagree | 39 (11.4) | 30 (8.2) | 69 (9.7) | |
5. Think critical AMR organisms can occur in community settings in Suva/surrounding areas | (n = 389) | (n = 418) | (n = 807) | 0.002 |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 305 (78.4) | 361 (86.4) | 666 (82.5) | |
Don’t know | 50 (12.9) | 43 (10.3) | 93 (11.5) | |
Disagree/ Strongly disagree | 34 (8.7) | 14 (3.3) | 48 (5.9) | |
6. Think critical AMR organisms are mostly a problem in hospitalised people | (n = 390) | (n = 418) | (n = 808) | 0.06 |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 289 (74.1) | 339 (81.1) | 628 (77.7) | |
Don’t know | 32 (8.2) | 25 (6.0) | 57 (7.1) | |
Disagree/ Strongly disagree | 69 (17.7) | 54(12.9) | 123 (15.2) | |
7. Think critical AMR organisms are mostly a problem with international travellers, rarely found in local people | (n = 388) | (n = 419) | (n = 807) | 0.54 |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 78 (20.1) | 93 (22.2) | 171 (21.2) | |
Don’t know | 97 (25.0) | 92 (22.0) | 189 (23.4) | |
Disagree/ Strongly disagree | 213 (54.9) | 234 (55.8) | 447 (55.4) | |
8. Believe overcrowding in the hospital ICU and wards increases the spread of critical AMR infection | (n = 343) | (n = 370) | (n = 713) | 0.003* |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 319 (93.0) | 363 (98.1) | 682 (95.7) | |
Don’t know | 17 (5.0) | 4 (1.1) | 21 (2.9) | |
Disagree/ Strongly disagree | 7 (2.0) | 3 (0.8) | 10 (1.4) | |
9. Think to have adequate knowledge about critical AMR infection prevention and control | (n = 339) | (n = 370) | (n = 709) | < 0.001 |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 215 (63.4) | 301 (81.4) | 516 (72.8) | |
Don’t know | 25 (7.4) | 15 (4.1) | 40 (5.6) | |
Disagree/ Strongly disagree | 99 (20.2) | 54 (14.6) | 153 (21.6) | |
10.Think it is important to collect data on critical AMR in this hospital | (n = 343) | (n = 367) | (n = 710) | - |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 338 (98.5) | 363 (98.9) | 701 (98.7) | |
Don’t know | 2 (0.6) | 4 (1.1) | 6 (0.8) | |
Disagree/ Strongly disagree | 3 (0.9) | 0 | 3 (0.4) |