Abstract
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "knowledge, attitude and performance regarding waste management among the HCWs in hospitals affiliated with the Neyshabur City, Iran". A researcher-made questionnaire (accessible as an attachment) containing 4 parts of demographic information, knowledge (24 questions), attitude (6 questions) and practices (6 questions) was used for data gathering. Kruskal- Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U and Spearman correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. The significance level was set at 0.05 for the test. Data Analyzing showed the relationship between attitude and Practices with a correlation coefficient of 0.177 was statistically significant (P = 0.01). Also, according to this research, the relationship between the individuals' work experience with knowledge, attitude, and Practices with their correlation coefficients of 0.178, 0.247, and 0.152, respectively were significant (P = 0.018, P = 0.001, P = 0.043). Furthermore, the relationship between age with knowledge and practice was not significant (P = 0.605 and P = 0.102, respectively) and its relationship with attitude was significant with a correlation coefficient of 0.154 (P = 0.028).