Table 3

Estimated percentage of use and breakage of protective devices according to health-protection information received.

Total
(N = 799)
 Paid workers
(N = 265)
 Volunteers
(N = 266)
 Seamen
(N = 133)
 Bird cleaners
(N = 135)


Inform.1
(N = 648)
 Uninf.2
(N = 151)
Inform.1
(N = 221)
 Uninf.2
(N = 44)
Inform.1
(N = 229)
 Uninf.2
(N = 37)
Inform.1
(N = 84)
 Uninf.2
(N = 49)
Inform.1
(N = 114)
 Uninf.2
(N = 21)

%
 %
 p
 %
 %
 p
 %
 %
 p
 %
 %
 p
 %
 %
 p

Suit














     Used
 77.5
 64.8
 0.017
 87.6
 87.8
 0.973
 84.7
 65.6
 0.008
 88.8
 85.5
 0.580
 35.6
 28.9
 0.559
          Torn
 33.1
 59.5
 <0.001
 36.3
 44.5
 0.351
 18.2
 45.4
 0.003
 75.7
 81.0
 0.512
 8.9
 28.4
 0.165
Gloves














     Used
 99.4
 98.4
 0.126
 98.5
 97.5
 0.666
 100.0
 100.0
 -
 93.6
 95.9
 0.588
 99.0
 94.8
 0.194
          Torn
 13.2
 17.0
 0.228
 11.8
 11.8
 0.987
 7.2
 16.7
 0.061
 6.4
 8.5
 0.660
 31.8
 44.6
 0.279
Safety goggles














     Used
 76.2
 63.2
 0.014
 88.0
 70.3
 0.006
 79.6
 65.2
 0.062
 72.0
 56.5
 0.073
 54.0
 55.6
 0.894
          Broken
 0.6
 1.1
 0.622
 1.0
 2.6
 0.398
 0.0
 0.0
 -
 0.0
 0.0
 -
 1.1
 0.0
 0.662
Protective hat














     Used
 15.5
 11.2
 0.300
 13.8
 18.8
 0.452
 17.2
 11.4
 0.356
 12.0
 4.1
 0.135
 10.0
 10.3
 0.959
          Torn
 0.0
 0.0
 -
 0.0
 0.0
 -
 0.0
 0.0
 -
 0.0
 0.0
 -
 0.0
 0.0
 -
Mask














     Used
 91.7
 90.0
 0.567
 95.1
 87.8
 0.071
 91.0
 93.5
 0.613
 74.4
 62.8
 0.161
 96.8
 100.0
 0.393
          Broken
 1.0
 3.2
 0.057
 1.1
 2.1
 0.588
 0.7
 9.4
 <0.001
 0.0
 0.0
 -
 1.0
 0.0
 0.654
Boots














     Used
 88.7
 91.2
 0.410
 98.0
 93.9
 0.116
 99.0
 100.0
 0.559
 93.6
 95.9
 0.588
 36.1
 52.6
 0.166
          Broken
 0.4
 1.5
 0.123
 0.4
 3.9
 0.016
 0.0
 0.0
 -
 1.3
 0.0
 0.436
 0.0
 0.0
 -

1Percentage of informed persons at the time of commencement of the activity.

2Percentage of uninformed persons or informed during the activity.

Carrasco et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:1   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-1