Review Article
Hand Hygiene Compliance and Associated Factors among Healthcare Workers in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Subgroup analysis compares the pooled level of hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in Ethiopia.
| Variables | Subgroup | Number of studies included | Level of hand hygiene compliance (95% CI) | Heterogeneity across the studies | I2 (%) | value |
| Region | Amhara | 3 | 0.18 (0.14–0.22) | 78.10 | 0.01 | Addis Ababa | 3 | 0.73 (0.50–0.96) | 98.12 | 0.001 | SNNP | 1 | 0.09 (0.05–0.13) | – | – | Harari | 1 | 0.23 (0.13–0.30) | – | – |
| Sample size | <400 | 5 | 0.43 (0.10–0.75) | 99.49 | 0.001 | ≥400 | 3 | 0.38 (0.09–0.50) | 99.13 | 0.001 |
| Profession | Nurses only | 2 | 0.51 (−0.04–1.06) | 99.33 | 0.001 | All types of healthcare workers | 6 | 0.34 (0.09–0.58) | 99.57 | 0.001 |
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