Oh Hyang Soon
Department of Nursing, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jul 19;9(7):913. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9070913.
Recently, various outbreaks of newly emerging or reemerging diseases are expected more frequently and regularly. The importance of hand hygiene (HH) competency of nursing students (NS) is further required as a crucial learning objective of nursing education in universities.
This study aimed to investigate knowledge, perception, and performance of HH among NS and analyze their correlation.
A cross-sectional questionnaire (modified from a World Health Organization questionnaire) was conducted from 23 November to 22 December 2019; 233 responses were used for the final analysis.
The average scores (mean ± standard deviation (range)) for knowledge, perception, and performance of HH were 17.82 ± 2.15 (0-25), 77.24 ± 10.78 (15-96), and 67.42 ± 23.10 (0-100), respectively. No significant variables were discovered to the knowledge of HH. Grade, university-affiliated hospitals, and the most recent healthcare institute of clinical practice nursing course significantly affected perceptions of HH ( < 0.039, = 044, < 0.001). Knowledge of HH was positively correlated with performance of HH ( = 0.002). The perception and the performance of HH of NS were positively correlated with HH performance of healthcare workers (HCWs); < 0.001, = 0.002.
HH education for NS is crucial for improving the performance and the knowledge of HH. Good HH performance of healthcare workers (HCWs) can contribute to increased perception and performance of HH among NS. The cooperation of nursing education in a university and clinical practice with competent HCWs in healthcare institutions may create an effective education program for good HH performance of NS, who will be nurses during unpredictable pandemics.
最近，新出现或再次出现的各种疾病爆发预计会更频繁、更有规律。作为大学护理教育的一项关键学习目标，对护理专业学生（NS）手部卫生（HH）能力的要求进一步提高。
本研究旨在调查护理专业学生对手部卫生的知识、认知和实践情况，并分析它们之间的相关性。
于2019年11月23日至12月22日进行了一项横断面问卷调查（改编自世界卫生组织的问卷）；最终分析使用了233份回复。
手部卫生知识、认知和实践的平均得分（均值±标准差（范围））分别为17.82±2.15（0 - 25）、77.24±10.78（15 - 96）和67.42±23.10（0 - 100）。未发现与手部卫生知识相关的显著变量。年级、大学附属医院以及临床实践护理课程最近的医疗机构对HH的认知有显著影响（<0.039，=0.44，<0.001）。手部卫生知识与手部卫生实践呈正相关（=0.002）。护理专业学生的手部卫生认知和实践与医护人员（HCWs）的手部卫生实践呈正相关；<0.001，=0.002。
对护理专业学生进行手部卫生教育对于提高手部卫生实践和知识至关重要。医护人员良好的手部卫生实践有助于提高护理专业学生对手部卫生的认知和实践。大学护理教育与医疗机构中称职的医护人员的临床实践合作，可以为护理专业学生创造一个有效的教育计划，使其在不可预测的大流行期间成为护士时能有良好的手部卫生表现。
