Table 5 Association between preventive measures and geographical regions, facility type
From: COVID-19 outbreak and dental health care provision in Nigeria: a national survey
Variables | Geographical regions | Facility type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North | SW | SE/SS | Private | Public | |
Formal training on IPC (n = 311) | |||||
 Yes | 37 (48.1) | 80 (46.0) | 26 (43.3) | 20 (45.5) | 123 (46.1) |
 No | 40 (51.9) | 94 (54.0) | 34 (56.7) | 24 (54.5) | 144 (53.9) |
 χ2 (P-value) | 0.30 (0.86) |  |  | 0.001 (0.94) |  |
IPC focal person (n = 311) | |||||
 Yes | 48 (62.3) | 121 (69.5) | 40 (66.7) | 24 (54.5) | 185 (69.3) |
 No | 12 (15.6) | 21 (12.1) | 14 (23.3) | 15 (34.1) | 32 (12.0) |
 Not sure | 17 (22.1) | 32 (18.4) | 6 (10) | 5 (11.4) | 50 (18.7) |
 χ2 (P-value) | 7.07 (0.13) |  |  | 14.59 (0.001*) |  |
PPE donning & doffing (n = 311) | |||||
 Yes | 33 (42.9) | 68 (39.1) | 24 (40) | 17 (38.6) | 108 (40.4) |
 No | 44 (57.1) | 106 (60.9) | 36 (60) | 27 (61.4) | 159 (59.6) |
 χ2 (P-value) | 0.32 (0.85) |  |  | 0.05 (0.82) |  |
Sufficiency of PPE (n = 310) | |||||
 Insufficient | 39 (50) | 120 (69.8) | 44 (73.3) | 14 (31.8) | 189 (71.1) |
 Somewhat | 24 (30.8) | 25 (14.5) | 6 (10.0) | 8 (18.2) | 47 (17.7) |
 Sufficient | 15 (19.2) | 27 (15.7) | 10 (16.7) | 22 (50) | 30 (11.3) |
 χ2 (P-value) | 14.79 (0.01*) |  |  | 42.63 (< 0.001*) |  |
Availability of PPE (n = 309) | |||||
 Not regular | 40 (51.3) | 92 (53.8) | 43 (71.7) | 9 (20.5) | 166 (62.6) |
 Somewhat | 28 (35.9) | 57 (33.3) | 8 (13.3) | 17 (38.6) | 76 (28.7) |
 Regular | 10 (12.8) | 22 (12.9) | 9 (15) | 18 (40.9) | 23 (8.7) |
 χ2 (P-value) | 10.27 (0.04*) |  |  | 42.64 (< 0.001*) |  |
Protocols limiting no of personnel (n = 310) | |||||
 Yes | 64 (84.2) | 136 (78.2) | 40 (66.7) | 37 (84.1) | 203 (76.3) |
 No | 5 (6.6) | 23 (13.2) | 15 (25) | 6 (13.6) | 37 (13.9) |
 Not sure 7 (9.2) | 15 (8.6) | 5 (8.3) | 1 (2.3) | 26 (9.8) |  |
 χ2 (P-value) | 9.72 (0.05*) |  |  | 2.62 (0.27 α) |  |
Policies to reduce exposure (n = 311) | |||||
 Yes | 47 (61) | 107 (61.5) | 30 (50) | 32 (72.7) | 152 (56.9) |
 No | 13 (16.9) | 32 (18.4) | 18 (30) | 9 (20.5) | 54 (20.2) |
 Not sure | 17 (22.1) | 35 (20.1) | 12 (20) | 3 (6.8) | 61 (22.8) |
 χ2 (P-value) | 4.71 (0.32) |  |  | 6.31 (0.04*) |  |
Screening bay/tent (n = 306) | |||||
 Yes | 38 (50) | 51 (29.8) | 31 (52.5) | 9 (20.5) | 111 (42.4) |
 No | 38 (50) | 120 (70.2) | 28 (47.5) | 35 (79 | 151 (57.6) |
 χ2 (P-value) | 14.43 (0.001*) |  |  | 7.59 (0.01*) |  |