Patients’ capability, opportunity, motivation, and perception of inpatient hand hygiene
| Autor: | Shanina C. Knighton, Herleen Rai, Marian Richmond, Curtis J. Donskey, Mary A. Dolansky, Trina F. Zabarsky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Hand Sanitizers media_common.quotation_subject Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Hand sanitizer Hygiene Perception Health care medicine Humans Outpatient clinic Infection control Hand Hygiene 030212 general & internal medicine Aged media_common Infection Control Inpatients Motivation 0303 health sciences 030306 microbiology business.industry Health Policy Behavior change Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Survey tool Middle Aged Infectious Diseases Family medicine Female Guideline Adherence business |
| Zdroj: | Am J Infect Control |
| ISSN: | 0196-6553 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.09.001 |
| Popis: | Background Studies that examine the perceptions and behaviors of patients regarding patient hand hygiene rarely examine the viewpoint of patients about their hand hygiene behavior relative to current resources provided in the hospital. Methods Voluntary interviews that employed a 16-item survey tool were used among patients (N = 107) in outpatient clinics at post-admission visits. The survey was created using the Behavior Change Wheel, Capability, Opportunity, Motivation Behavior model. Patients were asked whether they brought hand sanitizer to the hospital, used hospital resources to clean their hands, and their perspective on patient hand hygiene importance compared with hospital staff, as well as their satisfaction or lack of satisfaction with hand hygiene independence. Results Most of the participants (65, 60.7%) reported that prior to being admitted to the hospital, they were able to maintain cleaning their hands with little or no difficulty. During their admission, only 21 (19.6%) of the participants reported needing little or no assistance. More than one-half of the participants, 34 (31.8%) and 23 (21.5%), respectively, reported, mostly or completely agreeing that the hand hygiene of the health care staff was more important than their own. Close to one-half of the participants (50, 46.7%) reported not being satisfied at all with their ability to maintain their hand hygiene in the hospital, whereas only 10 (9.3%) were very satisfied with their ability to maintain hand hygiene. Conclusions Findings from this study will enhance our understanding of how to incorporate inpatient hand hygiene into existing infection control programs in inpatient settings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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