Aldhahi Monira, Almutairi Rahaf, Alluhaidan Wejdan, Alshammari Anwar, Almarzuqi Raghad, Altaleb Hanan, Alsayegh Noura, Almuaither Tarfa
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh.
J Public Health Res. 2021 Mar 11;10(3):1989. doi: 10.4081/jphr.2021.1989.
In the COVID-19 era, efforts are being made to increase awareness among students and enhance best practices to mitigate the outbreak. To that end, the overarching aims of this study were to understand students' attitude toward and knowledge of COVID-19 and examine the predictors of their attitude toward hand hygiene.
This cross-sectional survey study, conducted in Saudi Arabia, enrolled interns from diverse healthcare-related fields. The questionnaire was divided into three sections: sociodemographic data, knowledge of COVID-19, and attitude toward hand hygiene. The data was expressed as median and interquartile range (IQR).
In all, 371 responses were analyzed. The median knowledge score was 20, which was considered good. There were no statistically significant differences across age, hospital setting, or gender. Of the 254 respondents who had attended an educational session, 167 (65%) had a good knowledge score and 83 (33%) had a moderate score, compared with only four (2%) who had a poor score. The cumulative median score of the respondents' attitudes was 6 (IQR [2]), which reflects a suboptimal attitude-only 38 (22%) reported a good attitude. The predicted effect of knowledge on attitude (good/suboptimal) was statistically significant (p = 0.02) using univariate logistic regression.
The results suggest a strong need to encourage the current training program that targets hand hygiene practices among students in healthcare-related fields, especially prior to the internship year.
在新冠疫情时代，人们正在努力提高学生的认识，并加强最佳实践以减轻疫情爆发。为此，本研究的总体目标是了解学生对新冠病毒的态度和知识，并研究影响他们对手部卫生态度的预测因素。
这项横断面调查研究在沙特阿拉伯进行，纳入了来自不同医疗相关领域的实习生。问卷分为三个部分：社会人口统计学数据、对新冠病毒的知识以及对手部卫生的态度。数据以中位数和四分位间距（IQR）表示。
总共分析了371份回复。知识得分中位数为20，被认为良好。在年龄、医院环境或性别方面没有统计学上的显著差异。在参加过教育课程的254名受访者中，167人（65%）知识得分良好，83人（33%）得分中等，只有4人（2%）得分较差。受访者态度的累积中位数得分为6（IQR[2]），这反映出态度欠佳——只有38人（22%）报告态度良好。使用单因素逻辑回归分析，知识对态度（良好/欠佳）的预测效应具有统计学意义（p = 0.02）。
结果表明，迫切需要鼓励当前针对医疗相关领域学生手部卫生实践的培训计划，尤其是在实习年之前。
