bargo99/hygiene-kap-khartoum-2022

KAP study on hand, attire, and equipment hygiene among medical students, University of Khartoum # Hygiene Practices During Clinical Training: KAP Study Analysis Code Analysis code and data dictionary for a cross-sectional study of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice (KAP) regarding hand, attire, and equipment hygiene among medical students at the University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine. This repository accompanies the manuscript: > [Author names]. Hygiene practices during clinical training: knowledge, > attitudes and practice among a cohort of Sudanese medical students at > Khartoum University. [Journal, year, DOI once assigned] An earlier version of this study (data collected November 2021–May 2022, n=304) was reported as an undergraduate thesis at the Department of Community Medicine, University of Khartoum (supervisor: Dr. Siham Ahmed Balla). This repository documents the reanalysis/extension performed for journal submission. ## What's here | File | Purpose | |---|---| | `scripts/00_Install_Packages.R` | Installs all required R packages | | `scripts/01_Data_Cleaning.R` | Cleans raw export, harmonizes types, computes all KAP domain scores and grading | | `scripts/02_Descriptive_Statistics.R` | Table 1, Figures 1–2, grading distribution | | `scripts/03_Bivariate_Analysis.R` | Normality checks, Table 2 (year group) and Table 3 (gender) comparisons | | `scripts/04_Multivariable_Regression.R` | Table 4 — multivariable regression of Practice on Knowledge/Attitude/gender/year, with diagnostics | | `docs/DATA_DICTIONARY.md` | Full variable list, scoring formulas, reverse-coded items, grading cutoffs | | `docs/deidentify_data.R` | Produces the shareable, de-identified dataset from the raw export (see Data Availability below) | ## Reproducing the analysis 1. Install R (>= 4.2) and RStudio. 2. Clone this repo. 3. Place the raw data file in the repo root (see **Data Availability** — the raw file itself is not included in this repository). 4. Run scripts in order: `00` → `01` → `02` → `03` → `04`. Each script is self-contained and reads the output of the pr …