Knowledge and associated factors towards cytotoxic drug handling among University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital health professionals, institutional-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants in the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 412)

Variable	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Marital status	Married	226	54.9
Marital status	Unmarried	186	45.1
Sex	Female	192	46.6
Sex	Male	220	53.4
Age in years	Mean = 29.92 (± 5.43), Min = 20, Max = 60
Education level	Diploma	26	6.3
	Bachelor degree	339	82.3
	Masters and above	47	11.4
Work experience in years	2	142	36.5
	3–4	66	16.0
	5–8	137	33.3
	8–37	67	16.3
Ever working in cancer center	Yes	42	10.2
Ever working in cancer center	No	370	89.8
Profession	Nurse	196	47.6
	Pharmacy	112	27.2
	Medicine	18	4.4
	Midwifery	69	16.7
	Laboratory	17	4.1
Current work setting	Cancer center	13	3.2
Current work setting	Others	399	96.8
Use of personal protective equipment	Yes	121	29.4
Use of personal protective equipment	No	291	70.6
Working hours per week	30–38	45	10.9
	39–43	161	39.1
	44–55	97	23.5
	56–110	109	26.5
The average number of patients contacted per day	4–9	100	24.3
	10–14	85	20.6
	15–29	59	14.3
	30–200	168	40.8
Workload	None	32	7.8
	Low	43	10.4
	Medium	165	40.0
	High	172	41.7

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