Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Food Handlers at Prison, East and West Gojjam, Ethiopia

Table 4

Relationship between hygiene practice of food handlers who are working at East and West Gojjam prison and intestinal parasitic infections from March 01–April 09, 2017.

Characteristics	Positive (no. (%))	Negative (no. (%))	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Handwashing after toilet
Yes	143 (53)	129 (47)	0.032 (0.008–0.132)	6.548 (1.263–33.962)	0.025
No	70 (97)	2 (3)	1
Using water only	38 (83)	8 (17)	5.474 (2.445–12.255)	6.734 (1.291–35.120)	0.024
Using soap	105 (46)	121 (54)	1
Handwashing before having contact with food
Using water	98 (74)	35 (26)	2.333 (1.455–3.742)	7.334 (1.815–29.637)	0.005
Using soap	114 (55)	95 (45)	1
Fingernail status
Trimmed	50 (34)	99 (66)	1
Semitrimmed	92 (83)	19 (17)	11.035 (5.572–21.85)	9.959 (3.182–31.173)	<0.001
Not trimmed	71 (84)	13 (16)	1.116 (0.517–2.410)	0.694 (0.193–2.499)	0.544