Table 1 Demographic characteristics and experience in performing circumcision of health care personnel by profession
Characteristics | Physicians (N = 55) | Nurses (N = 78) | p | Total (N = 133) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Gender | |||||||
- Male | 35 | 63.6 | 2 | 2.6 | <0.001 | 37 | 27.8 |
- Female | 20 | 36.4 | 76 | 97.4 | 96 | 72.2 | |
Age (mean / SD) | 39.8 (10.6) | 42.7 (8.6) | 0.090 | 41.5 (9.6) | |||
- 25 – 44 | 37 | 67.3 | 41 | 52.6 | 78 | 58.6 | |
- 45 – 60 | 18 | 32.7 | 37 | 47.4 | 55 | 41.4 | |
Marital status | |||||||
- Married or Cohabiting | 34 | 61.8 | 54 | 69.2 | 0.094 | 88 | 66.2 |
- Single | 21 | 38.2 | 20 | 25.6 | 41 | 30.8 | |
- Widow/divorced/separated | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5.1 | 4 | 3.0 | |
Length of employment (years) | 13.9 (10.5) | 19.4 (9.4) | 0.232 | 17.1 (10.2) | |||
- More than 20 | 18 | 32.7 | 36 | 46.2 | 54 | 40.6 | |
- 20 or less | 37 | 67.3 | 42 | 53.8 | 79 | 59.4 | |
Ever perform or assist in MC | 37 | 67.3 | 33 | 42.3 | 0.005 | 70 | 52.6 |
Ever perform or assist in NMC | 8 | 14.5 | 5 | 6.4 | 0.120 | 13 | 9.8 |