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Table 3 Product most used and hand hygiene frequency before injection, pre- (i.e., baseline) and post- (i.e., W2 and W6) intervention measurements

From: A two-component intervention to improve hand hygiene practices and promote alcohol-based hand rub use among people who inject drugs: a mixed-methods evaluation

 

Baseline (n = 59)

Week 2 (n = 48)

Week 6 (n = 43)

n (%)

n (%)

Δa (%)

n (%)

Δa (%)

Product most used for hand hygiene

 No hand hygiene

8 (14%)

0

−14%

0

−14%

 Only water

8 (14%)

4 (9%)

−5%

2 (5%)

−9%

 Water and plain soap

27 (47%)

14 (30%)

−17%

9 (22%)

−25%

 ABHR (other than MONO-RUB)

6 (11%)

0

−11%

0

−11%

 Alcohol and/or Chlorhexidine wipes

8 (14%)

4 (9%)

−5%

5 (12%)

−2%

 MONO-RUB

b

24 (50%)

+ 50%

25 (61%)

+ 61%

Frequency of hand hygiene before injection

 Never

8 (14%)

0

−14%

0

−14%

 Less than half of the time

12 (21%)

6 (12.5%)

−8.5%

8 (19%)

+ 6.5%

 Half of the time

11 (19%)

6 (12.5%)

−6.5%

1 (2%)

−10.5%

 More than half of the time

5 (8%)

14 (29%)

+ 21%

13 (31%)

+ 23%

 Always

22 (38%)

22 (46%)

+ 8%

20 (48%)

+ 10%

  1. Missing data ranged from 2 to 5%
  2. aCompared with baseline (i.e., pre-intervention)
  3. bAbsent at baseline