Abstract
Objective: The study has been implemented to identify hand hygiene awareness of potential healthcare professionals who study at Nursing Department affiliated to two public universities. Material and methods: This was a descriptive research study, the research was in the nursing students (2, 3, 4 class) of two state universities between February and March 2017. Department of two selected public universities whereas the sampling covered 902 students, currently present at school, during the time of research as well as having approved to take part in the study. The data was analysed via computer-based methods including frequency (percentage) analysis, t test, Mann-Whitney U and Chi-Square tests. The scores were accepted significant within 95% reliability scale at p<0.05 significance level. Results: 775 students responded positively (85.9%) to the statement saying “healthcare professionals’ hands become a risk factor for microorganism transfer to patients” compared to 127 participants who responded negatively (14.1%). The statement proposing “your insufficient hand hygiene practices become a reason for cross-contamination of hospital infections” was responded positively (87.3%) by 787 participants whereas negatively (12.7%) by 115 students. The presumption on microorganisms’ transfer to patients usually done by healthcare professionals’ hands was responded positively by sophomore students at 79.3% has been found statistically and significantly lower than the juniors’ positive response rate (88.5%) and seniors’ similar responses (89.7%) (X2=15.960; p=0.000). Conclusion: The results display that awareness of nursing students on hand hygiene has gender-based and class-based variations. It is assumed that keeping up hand hygiene trainings at each year will possibly increase the awareness of nursing students.
Highlights
Approval was granted by the institutional ethics committee and informed consent for participation in the study was obtained for all the nursing students
Insufficient hand hygiene practices become a reason for cross-contamination among hospital infections
The study has been implemented on multi-settings to identify hand hygiene awareness of potential healthcare professionals who study at Nursing Departments affiliated to two public universities
Summary
This was a descriptive research study, the research was in the nursing students (2, 3, 4 class) of two state universities between February and March 2017. The students in the class, the sample in the days when the study was done, and consisted of 902 students who had accepted the research. Data were gathered form the demographic data form and survey with hand hygiene awareness which was developed by the researchers, applied through face to face interviews with the patients. Survey questionnaires consisting of twenty questions in total, were given to students in order to Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan: Volume 6, Number 60, Issue 2020 understand their awareness of about hand hygiene. The internal consistency was measured using Cronbach’s Alpha test. The Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients of the responses which turned out to be 0.672
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
