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Dataset on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Biomedical Wastes Management Among Neyshabur Hospital's Healthcare Personnel Publisher



Alimohammadi M1, 2 ; Yousefi M1 ; Azizi Mayvan F3 ; Taghavimanesh V4 ; Navai H5 ; Mohammadi AA6
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  1. 1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Center for Water Quality Research (CWQR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Master of Biostatistics, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  5. 5. Students Research Committee, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran

Source: Data in Brief Published:2018


Abstract

The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “knowledge, attitude and performance regarding waste management among the HCWs in hospitals affiliated with the Neyshabur City, Iran”. A researcher-made questionnaire (accessible as an attachment) containing 4 parts of demographic information, knowledge (24 questions), attitude (6 questions) and practices (6 questions) was used for data gathering. Kruskal- Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U and Spearman correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. The significance level was set at 0.05 for the test. Data Analyzing showed the relationship between attitude and Practices with a correlation coefficient of 0.177 was statistically significant (P = 0.01). Also, according to this research, the relationship between the individuals' work experience with knowledge, attitude, and Practices with their correlation coefficients of 0.178, 0.247, and 0.152, respectively were significant (P = 0.018, P = 0.001, P = 0.043). Furthermore, the relationship between age with knowledge and practice was not significant (P = 0.605 and P = 0.102, respectively) and its relationship with attitude was significant with a correlation coefficient of 0.154 (P = 0.028). © 2018 The Authors