Occupational Health Hazards among Healthcare Workers in Kampala, Uganda

Table 4

Crude odds ratios (COR) for the predictors of experiencing biological and nonbiological hazards among health workers in major hospitals in Kampala, Uganda.

Characteristic	Category	Biological hazards		Nonbiological hazards
		COR [95% CI]	value	COR [95% CI]	value
Overall	Total
Sex	Male	1		1
	Female	0.95 [0.51–1.78]	0.877	1.41 [0.71–2.80]	0.32
Age	≤30 years	1		1
	>30 years	1.04 [0.59–1.85]	0.873	2.03 [1.09–3.78]	0.026^*
Cadre of health worker	Nurses	1		1
	Others	0.99 [0.56–1.75]	0.976	0.62 [0.34–1.13]	0.116
Monthly income	≤500,000	1		1
	>500,000	1.59 [0.89–2.83]	0.11	1.75 [0.95–3.21]	0.072
Type of health care facility	Faith based	1		1
	Private	1.90 [0.86–4.21]	0.112	0.93 [0.40–2.14]	0.868
	Government	2.21 [1.02–4.78]	0.043^*	1.72 [0.79–3.74]	0.169
Duration in service	<5 years	1		1
	≥5 years	1.09 [0.62–1.94]	0.743	1.87 [1.01–3.45]	0.045^*
Wearing all necessary PPE	Yes	1		1
	No	2.45 [1.37–4.39]	0.003^**	2.91 [1.57–5.39]	0.001^**
Working overtime	No	1		1
	Yes	2.44 [1.24–4.78]	0.009^**	2.55 [1.22–5.34]	0.013^*
Working in multiple facilities	No	1		1
	Yes	1.65 [0.88–3.08]	0.117	1.81 [0.95–3.45]	0.071
Daily hours of sleep	<8 hours	1		1
	≥8 hours	0.57 [0.29–1.14]	0.115	0.61 [0.29–1.27]	0.19
Pressure from job	No	1		1
	Yes	8.35 [2.45–28.4]	0.001^**	8.92 [2.06–38.57]	0.003^**

; indicates association between variables.