Healthcare Waste Management: Qualitative and Quantitative Appraisal of Nurses in a Tertiary Care Hospital of India

Table 2

Healthcare waste management knowledge of nurses according to their age, gender, department of work, and nursing experience.

Study variable	Number ()	Knowledge level
		Poor		Good		Excellent
			%		%		%
Age
<25 years	52	13	25	16	30.8	23	44.2	2.562	0.278
≥25 years	48	6	12.5	18	37.5	24	50
Gender
Male	18	6	33.3	7	38.9	5	27.8	4.254	0.119
Female	82	13	15.9	27	32.9	42	51.2
Department of work
Medical	49	12	24.5	12	24.5	25	51	4.41	0.110
Surgical	51	7	13.7	22	43.1	22	43.1
Experience in nursing
≤2 years	61	15	24.6	20	32.8	26	42.6	3.28	0.194
>2 years	39	4	10.3	14	35.9	21	53.8