Farotimi Adekunbi Abosede, Ajao Ezekiel Olasunkanmi, Ademuyiwa Iyabo Yewande, Nwozichi Chinomso Ugochukwu
Department of Adult Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria.
J Educ Health Promot. 2018 Jun 12;7:71. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_178_17. eCollection 2018.
Infection control has become a major concern in the health-care system and health-care workers, particularly nurses are at high risk of infection. This study, therefore, examined the effect of a training program on attitude and practice of infection control among nurses in two tertiary hospitals in Ogun State, Nigeria.
This study adopted a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 87 participants. The experimental group consisted of 42 registered nurses from Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ogun state, Nigeria, while the control group consisted of 45 registered nurses from Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was attitude toward components of infection control questionnaire ( = 72) and practice of infection control questionnaire ( = 76). Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0 (SPSS Inc. Chicago IL, USA).
Findings showed that the mean age in the experimental group was 34.92 ± 8.9 while the control group was 47.43 ± 6.6. The average years of experience for the experimental group were 10.42 ± 9.9 while that of the control group were 21.89 ± 8.7. Responses on attitude showed that 30 participants (69%) had positive attitude in the experimental group compared to 21 participants (46.7%) in the control group. The mean difference was 4.02. Significant difference was observed between mean attitude score of participants in the experimental group and control group ( = 0.03), between mean practice score ( = 0.001), and between self-reported and observed practices ( = 0.000).
The training was effective in improving attitude and practice of infection control. Adequate provision of structured training programs on infection control measures is recommended.
感染控制已成为医疗保健系统中的一个主要问题，医护人员，尤其是护士，面临着较高的感染风险。因此，本研究调查了一项培训计划对尼日利亚奥贡州两家三级医院护士感染控制态度和实践的影响。
本研究采用前后测准实验设计。样本包括87名参与者。实验组由来自尼日利亚奥贡州巴布科克大学教学医院的42名注册护士组成，而对照组由来自尼日利亚萨加穆奥拉比西·奥纳班乔大学教学医院的45名注册护士组成。数据收集工具为感染控制问卷各部分态度量表（=72）和感染控制实践问卷（=76）。使用SPSS 21.0版软件（美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥市SPSS公司）对数据进行分析。
研究结果显示，实验组的平均年龄为34.92±8.9岁，而对照组为47.43±6.6岁。实验组的平均工作年限为10.42±9.9年，而对照组为21.89±8.7年。态度方面的回答显示，实验组有30名参与者（69%）持积极态度，而对照组为21名参与者（46.7%）。平均差异为4.02。实验组和对照组参与者的平均态度得分之间（=0.03）、平均实践得分之间（=0.001）以及自我报告和观察到的实践之间（=0.000）均观察到显著差异。
该培训在改善感染控制态度和实践方面是有效的。建议充分提供关于感染控制措施的结构化培训计划。
