Table 1 Frequency of physical contact and hazardous activities performed by school type and occupational group.

From: Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection risk among employees at schools for disabled pupils

Activity	Sup. focus	Prof	Always (several times a day)	Very often (daily)	Rather often (1—2 times/week)	Rather rarely (1–2 times/month)	Very rare (1–2 times/school year)	Applies (always–very rarely)	Not applicable (never)	TS vs. ES	M/P vs. SE/IF
Activity	Sup. focus	Prof	in %	in %	in %	in %	in %	in %	in %	p*	p*
Close physical contact with pupils (helping, comforting, blowing nose)	M/P	TS	60	21	10	6	3	99	1	0.006/ 0.023	^TS0.060 ^ES0.000
	M/P	ES	62	24	11	3	1	100	0	0.006/ 0.023
	SE/IF	TS	16	29	25	16	11	96	4	0.440
	SE/IF	ES	41	29	14	8	5	98	2	0.440
Treatment of injuries (e.g. bleeding wounds) in pupils	M/P	TS	< 1	2	16	47	33	98	2	0.735	^TS0.030 ^ES0.962
	M/P	ES	1	3	21	51	23	98	2	0.735
	SE/IF	TS	0	1	12	47	35	95	5	0.111
	SE/IF	ES	0	6	21	44	27	98	2	0.111
Supporting pupils in visiting the toilets/ intimate hygiene	M/P	TS	36	21	15	12	8	93	7	0.001	^TS0.000 ^ES0.000
	M/P	ES	47	17	14	13	6	98	2	0.001
	SE/IF	TS	4	5	6	12	21	48	53	0.000
	SE/IF	ES	24	14	11	19	17	86	14	0.000
Changing diapers of pupils	M/P	TS	31	19	14	13	13	89	11	0.009	^TS0.000 ^ES0.000
	M/P	ES	43	15	12	14	9	94	6	0.009
	SE/IF	TS	3	4	5	5	14	32	68	0.000
	SE/IF	ES	23	9	7	12	17	69	31	0.000
Catheterisation of pupils	M/P	TS	0	0	0	< 1	5	5	95	0.007	^TS0.003 ^ES0.100
	M/P	ES	4	1	1	1	3	10	90	0.007
	SE/IF	TS	0	0	0	< 1	< 1	1	99	0.001
	SE/IF	ES	0	0	< 1	2	3	6	94	0.001
Probing pupils	M/P	TS	8	4	4	5	8	29	71	0.560	^TS0.000 ^ES0.000
	M/P	ES	10	5	3	7	7	31	69	0.560
	SE/IF	TS	< 1	< 1	< 1	1	1	4	96	0.000
	SE/IF	ES	5	2	1	2	6	15	85	0.000
Supporting pupils in the intake of food	M/P	TS	29	22	14	12	12	90	11	0.196	^TS0.000 ^ES0.000
	M/P	ES	38	22	12	11	9	92	8	0.196
	SE/IF	TS	3	3	5	8	15	34	66	0.000
	SE/IF	ES	20	13	8	11	17	69	31	0.000
Supporting pupils in taking medication	M/P	TS	15	20	14	16	17	82	18	0.225	^TS0.000 ^ES0.000
	M/P	ES	21	23	9	13	20	85	15	0.225
	SE/IF	TS	2	6	6	8	25	47	53	0.000
	SE/IF	ES	14	11	9	11	23	69	31	0.000
Being scratched, bitten or spat at by pupils	M/P	TS	4	8	19	32	28	90	10	0.074	^TS0.000 ^ES0.000
	M/P	ES	8	12	18	27	30	94	6	0.074
	SE/IF	TS	0	1	5	10	43	60	40	0.000
	SE/IF	ES	2	7	13	23	32	77	23	0.000

Special schools with focus on mental and holistic development (M) and physical development (P): teachers (TS): N = 267, educational specialists (ES): N = 674; special schools with focus on social-emotional development (SE) and interdisciplinary focus (IF): TS: N = 280, ES: N = 175.
*Significance test (Chi² test).

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Table 1 Frequency of physical contact and hazardous activities performed by school type and occupational group.

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