Evaluation of radiation protection knowledge and practices among Moroccan operating room nurses

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Table 6

Factors affecting radiation protection practices among operating room nurses.

Variable	B	SE	β	t	p
(Constant)	1.419	0.250		5.681	<0.001
GSK	0.161	0.038	0.406	4.283	<0.001
Gender :Female^†	–0.001	0.065	–0.001	–0.020	0.984
Age group^†
30–39 years	0.034	0.080	0.035	0.423	0.673
40–49 years	0.085	0.073	0.089	1.158	0.248
Work experience^†
˂1 year	–0.239	0.114	– 0.225	–2.100	0.037
1–5 years	–0.287	0.094	–0.309	–3.066	0.002
6–10 years	–0.272	0.102	–0.244	–2.659	0.009
11–15 years	–0.208	0.080	–0.211	–2.604	0.010
Workplace^†
Private clinic	0.018	0.044	0.022	0.418	0.676
Specialty ^†
Cardiac Surgery	0.133	0.068	0.139	1.947	0.053
Orthopedic Surgery	0.105	0.064	0.115	1.636	0.104
Vascular Surgery	–0.025	0.070	–0.024	–0.358	0.720
Neurosurgery	–0.038	0.071	–0.038	–0.536	0.592
Radiation protection training^†
Initial training	0.135	0.176	–0.040	–0.766	0.445
Continuing training	0.205	0.095	0.128	2.157	0.032
Availability of PPE: Yes^†	0.057	0.067	0.044	0.885	0.392
Availability of dosimeters: Yes^†	–0.006	0.040	–0.007	–0.145	0.885
R² = 0.571, Adjusted R² = 0.532, F = 14.72, p < 0.001

^†

Reference group: Gender: male, Age group: ≥ 50 years, Work experience: > 15 years, Workplace: Public hospital, Specialty: Urology, Radiation protection training: No, Availability of PPE: No, Availability of dosimeters: No.

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