Research Article

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Infection Control and Waste Management among Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Bhutan, 2019: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 1

Basic sociodemographic characters of the Bhutanese Traditional Medicine practitioners interviewed for the KAP survey on infection control and waste management, 2019 (n = 132).

Basic charactersn(%)

Age group1
 18–24 years7(5)
 25–34 years93(72)
 35–44 years21(16)
 45–54 years8(6)
 55–64 years1(0)

Sex2
 Male81(62)
 Female50(38)

Work experience
 <5 years62(47)
 5–9 years34(26)
 10–19 years27(20)
 20–29 years5(4)
 ≥30 years4(3)

Level of hospital2
 National Traditional Medicine Hospital23(18)
 Regional Referral Hospital7(5)
 Dzongkhag Hospital47(36)
 Basic Health Unit54(41)

Handwashing facility at the Traditional Medicine Unit
 Running water110(84)
 Soap104(80)
 Sink/washbasin91(72)

Preservice training on infection control30(23)
In-service training on infection control58(44)

1Missing = 2. 2Missing = 1.Multiple responses allowed. The superscripts represent the number of missing data for each variable.