The Effect on COVID-19 Infection Control Practice of Nurses who Work in Working Sites with Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms

Abstract

Purpose : This study aimed to identify the factors affecting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection control practices of nurses in negative pressure isolation rooms.Methods : The participants were 150 nurses working in three hospitals with negative pressure isolation rooms. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed using an independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS/WIN 26.0 program.Results : Factors significantly influencing the subject's COVID-19 infection control practice include Being married (<i>β</i>=.18, <i>p</i> =.016), working in a ward with negative pressure isolation rooms (<i>β</i>=.44, <i>p</i> <.001), working in an ICU with negative pressure isolation rooms (<i>β</i>=.27, <i>p</i> =.010), COVID-19 infection control attitude (<i>β</i>=.28, <i>p</i> =.001), anxiety for COVID-19 (<i>β</i>=.30, <i>p</i> <.001). The explanatory power of these variables for COVID-19 infection control practice was 24.6% (F=8.67, <i>p</i> <.001).Conclusion : It is expected that strategies that utilize positive attitudes which believe that COVID-19 disease may be overcome by COVID-19 infection control practice will help improve emerging infectious diseases infection control practice.