Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda

Table 4

Crude associations for factors associated with use of personal protective equipment among nail cosmeticians.

Characteristics	Used mask		Used gloves		Used goggles		Used aprons
	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Age (years)
18–34	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
35–60	2.17 (0.78–5.97)	2.98 (0.69–12.91)	4.58 (1.63–12.92)^b	2.18 (0.65–7.34)	3.01 (0.78–11.66)	3.07 (0.51–18.29)	7.10 (0.93–54.4)	5.17 (0.55–48.75)
Gender
Male	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
Female	0.52 (0.27–0.99)	0.29 (0.12–0.70)^c	4.11 (2.14–7.91)^a	2.29 (0.98–5.35)	1.24 (0.38–3.98)	0.87 (0.22–3.39)	4.16 (1.57–11.02)^b	2.59 (0.83–8.02)
Marital status
Single	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
Married/cohabiting	1.20 (0.71–2.03)	1.14 (0.54–2.38)	1.27 (0.72–2.24)	—	0.99 (0.35–2.79)	0.55 (0.14–2.11)	1.05 (0.58–1.89)	1.41 (0.65–3.07)
Level of education
Primary	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
Secondary and above	2.92 (1.72–4.99)^a	3.19 (1.58–6.41)^b	3.09 (1.68–5.69)^a	3.48 (1.55–7.81)^b	0.99 (0.37–2.72)	0.73 (0.22–2.48)	3.48 (1.93–6.26)^a	2.50 (1.18–5.32)^c
Religion
Christians	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
Muslim	1.09 (0.56–2.14)	2.01 (0.87 (4.66)	0.89 (0.43–1.88)	—	0.29 (0.04–2.25)	0.36 (0.04–3.02)	1.44 (0.65–3.21)	2.19 (0.84–5.70)
Duration in nail cosmetics business
Two years or less	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
More than two years	2.65 (1.54–4.54)^a	3.37 (1.64–6.95)^b	1.09 (0.62–1.91)	1.17 (0.55–2.48)	1.08 (0.39–3.04)	0.95 (0.28–3.15)	0.58 (0.31–1.07)	—
Salon registered
No	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
Yes	2.69 (1.60–4.53)^a	3.95 (1.68–9.30)^b	2.61 (1.49–4.58)^b	1.85 (0.83–4.14)	1.67 (0.62–4.56)	0.81 (0.22–2.97)	5.05 (2.61–9.77)^a	2.59 (1.03–6.55)^c
Ever received training on safe handling of hazardous chemicals
No	1		1		1		1
Yes	3.23 (1.86–5.61)^a	3.21 (1.61–6.42)^b	4.49 (2.51–8.05)^a	4.23 (2.05–8.75)^a	3.43 (1.22–9.63)^c	4.14 (1.25–13.65)^a	2.92 (1.50–5.66)^b	2.73 (1.25–5.96)^c
On average, how many types of nail cosmetics do you use
Five or less	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
Over five	2.28 (1.36–3.82)^b	1.51 (0.72–3.19)	2.14 (1.23–3.73)^c	1.19 (0.52–2.76)	1.14 (0.795–3.06)	1.09 (0.29–4.09)	1.22 (0.69–2.16)	1.43 (0.63–3.24)
Salon registered
No	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
Yes	2.69 (1.60–4.53)^a	3.95 (1.68–9.30)^b	2.61 (1.49–4.58)^b	1.85 (0.83–4.14)	1.67 (0.62–4.56)	0.81 (0.22–2.97)	5.05 (2.61–9.77)^a	2.59 (1.03–6.55)^c
Do you belong to city beauty operators association
No	1	—	1	—	1	—	1	—
Yes	3.00 (1.13–7.95)^c	—	1.29 (0.52–3.24)	0.70 (0.22–2.23)	1.37 (0.29–6.44)	—	1.80 (0.59–5.55)	1.95 (0.53–7.19)

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