Fear of Hospital-Acquired Infections: The Combined Impact of Patient's Hygiene Sensitivity and Perceived Staff Preventive Behavior
| Autor: | Ofir Ben-Assuli, Moty Amar, Ben Bulmash |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health (social science)
Situation awareness media_common.quotation_subject 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Hygiene 030225 pediatrics Schema (psychology) Perception Surveys and Questionnaires Infection control Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Israel media_common Cross Infection Infection Control Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Proactivity Fear Hospitals Female Psychology Developed country Preventive behavior |
| Zdroj: | Journal of community health. 45(6) |
| ISSN: | 1573-3610 |
| Popis: | Over the years, the public has paid growing attention to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). Currently, infection prevention and control are considered a number one national priority in leading developed countries. However, while some hospital visitors are knowledgeable of the topic, others may be ignorant or careless as regards sterility and hygiene-related matters. This study, conducted in Israel, compared people cognizant of hygiene-related issues to those who are less so, in an attempt to account for differences in terms of attitudes and perceptions regarding the hospital environment. Based on Endsley's (in: Proceedings of the IEEE 1988 national aerospace and electronics conference, IEEE, 1988, 1995) situation awareness concept, we hypothesized that people attending the hospital with different hygiene schema would react differently when faced with HAI-related triggers. Based on a survey of 208 respondents, the results support the hypotheses, and showed a significant moderating effect of hygiene-sensitivity on the relationship between the staffs' hospital acquired infection-related proactive behavior and avoidance tendencies among hospital visitors. Theoretical as well as practical recommendations are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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