Occupational Health Hazards among Healthcare Workers in Kampala, Uganda

Table 5

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

Characteristic	Category	Biological hazards		Nonbiological hazards
		AOR [95% CI]	value	AOR [95% CI]	value
Overall	Total
Sex	Male	1		1
	Female	1.09 [0.54–2.22]	0.796	1.32 [0.61–2.87]	0.488
Age	≤30 years	1		1
	>30 years	1.23 [0.62–2.41]	0.553	2.02 [0.97–4.19]	0.059
Cadre of health worker	Nurses	1		1
	Others	1.06 [0.56–2.01]	0.858	0.76 [0.38–1.51]	0.434
Monthly income	≤500,000	1		1
	>500,000	1.52 [0.82–2.81]	0.180	1.74 [0.90–3.37]	0.097
Type of health care facility	Faith based	1		1
	Private	1.88 [0.79–4.43]	0.151	0.93 [0.37–2.30]	0.872
	Government	1.96 [0.87–4.44]	0.105	1.43 [0.62–3.29]	0.398
Duration in service	<5 years	1		1
	≥5 years	1.21 [0.49–2.98]	0.68	1.22 [0.58–2.82]	0.686
Wearing all necessary PPE	Yes	1		1
	No	2.34 [1.27–4.28]	0.006^**	2.45 [1.29–4.64]	0.006^**
Working overtime	No	1		1
	Yes	2.65 [1.31–5.37]	0.007^**	2.38 [1.10–5.14]	0.028^*
Working in multiple facilities	No	1		1
	Yes	1.69 [0.88–3.29]	0.116	2.26 [1.11–4.61]	0.024^*
Daily hours of sleep	<8 hours	1		1
	≥8 hours	0.57 [0.28–1.17]	0.125	0.56 [0.26–1.22]	0.145
Pressure from job	No	1		1
	Yes	8.54 [2.48–29.4]	0.001^**	9.69 [2.19–42.9]	0.003^**

; indicates association between variables.