Sassenrath Claudia, Diefenbacher Svenne, Kolbe Viktoria, Niesalla Heide, Keller Johannes
Department of Social Psychology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 47, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
Hartmann Science Center, Bode Chemie GmbH, Melanchthonstraße 27, 22525 Hamburg, Germany.
Z Gesundh Wiss. 2022 Jun 20:1-5. doi: 10.1007/s10389-022-01725-z.
The "Five moments of hand hygiene" (World Health Organization 2009) can be classified into moments of hand hygiene before and after patient care. Based on research indicating that hand hygiene compliance differs with regard to moments before and after patient care, this research evaluates the effectiveness of an empathy-based intervention in motivating hand hygiene compliance with regard to moments before patient care which protect vulnerable individuals from contamination and infection.
An online experiment involving 68 healthcare professionals working at a German hospital during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic investigates whether instructing healthcare professionals to consider consequences for others (vs for themselves) if they contracted SARS-CoV-2 promotes hand hygiene compliance referring to moments before (vs after) patient care.
In the condition in which healthcare professionals considered consequences for others if they contracted SARS-CoV-2 (other-focus condition), ratings of importance increased ( = 3.49, = 1.30) compared to the condition in which healthcare professionals considered consequences for themselves ( = 2.68, = 1.24), (1,66) = 6.87, = .011, η = .09. Participants in the condition reported more intentions to comply with "before moments" in the future ( = 3.34, = 1.14) compared to participants in the condition ( = 2.77, = 0.80), (1,66) = 6.15, = .016, η = .09.
Results indicate that activating an empathic focus in the context of the current pandemic promotes perceived importance and motivation of healthcare professionals to comply with moments aiming at protecting vulnerable others.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10389-022-01725-z.
“手卫生的五个时刻”（世界卫生组织，2009年）可分为患者护理前后的手卫生时刻。基于研究表明患者护理前后的手卫生依从性存在差异，本研究评估了一种基于同理心的干预措施在促进患者护理前时刻手卫生依从性方面的有效性，这些时刻可保护易感染个体免受污染和感染。
一项在线实验，涉及68名在德国一家医院工作的医护人员，该实验在新冠疫情第一波期间进行，调查指示医护人员如果感染了SARS-CoV-2，考虑对他人（而非对自己）的后果，是否会促进其在患者护理前（而非护理后）时刻的手卫生依从性。
在医护人员考虑如果感染SARS-CoV-2对他人后果的条件下（他人关注条件），与医护人员考虑对自己后果的条件相比（=2.68，=1.24），重要性评分增加（=3.49，=1.30），（1,66）=6.87，=0.011，η=0.09。与条件下的参与者相比（=2.77，=0.80），条件下的参与者报告未来更有意愿遵守“护理前时刻”（=3.34，=1.14），（1,66）=6.15，=0.016，η=0.09。
结果表明，在当前疫情背景下激活同理心关注可提高医护人员对旨在保护易感染他人的时刻的重要性认知和依从动机。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s10389-022-01725-z获取的补充材料。
