The Effect of Health Belief in Health Practices: An Example of Hand Hygiene in Nurses

Year 2023, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 1 - 7, 15.03.2023

Feyza Turan , Zehra Eskimez

https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1084361

Abstract

Objective: This research was carried out to examine the effect of nurses' beliefs on hand hygiene on hand hygiene practices. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 529 nurses working at the City Training and Research Hospital in a province in the south of Turkey between March and June 2019. The research data were collected by face-to-face survey method using personal information form, Hand Hygiene Belief Scale (HHBS) and Hand Hygiene Practice Inventory (HHPI). The analysis of the research data was performed with SPSS version 24.0 package program. Frequency tables, descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to evaluate the research findings. Results: HHBS score mean was 83.64±9.14 and HHPI score mean was 65.88±5.66. A positive, very weak and statistically significant correlation was found between the HHBS and the HHPI scores (r=0.196; p=0.000). It was found that HHBS scores were affected only by gender, while HHPI scores were affected by having children, the unit where the nurses work, the number of patients in the unit and their professional satisfaction. Conclusion: The research shows that as hand hygiene belief scale scores increase, hand hygiene practice inventory scores also increase positively.

Keywords

Hand Hygiene, Belief, Practice, Nurse

Sağlık Uygulamalarında Sağlık İnancının Etkisi: Hemşirelerde El Hijyeni Örneği

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma, hemşirelerin el hijyenine ilişkin inançlarının el hijyeni uygulamalarına etkisini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel nitelikteki bu araştırma, Mart-Haziran 2019 tarihleri arasında Türkiye’nin güneyinde bulunan bir ildeki Şehir Eğitim ve Araştırma hastanesinde çalışan 529 hemşire ile yapılmıştır. Araştırma verileri, kişisel bilgi formu, El Hijyeni İnanç Ölçeği (HHBS) ve El Hijyeni Uygulama Envanteri (HHPI)kullanılarak yüz yüze anket yöntemiyle toplanmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analizi SPSS versiyon 24.0 paket programı ile yapılmıştır. Araştırma bulgularının değerlendirilmesinde frekans tabloları, tanımlayıcı istatistikler, independent-samples t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test, Mann–Whitney U test ve Kruskal–Wallis H test kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: HHBS puan ortalaması 83.64±9.14, HHPI puan ortalaması 65.88±5.66 idi. HHBS ve HHPI puanları arasında pozitif yönde, çok zayıf derecede ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki bulundu (r=0.196; p=0.000). HHBS puanlarının sadece cinsiyetten etkilendiği, HHPI puanlarının ise çocuk sahibi olma, hemşirelerin çalıştığı birim, birimdeki hasta sayısı ve mesleki memnuniyetlerinden etkilendiği bulundu. Sonuç: Araştırma, el hijyeni inanç ölçeği puanları arttıkça, el hijyeni uygulama envanteri puanlarının da pozitif yönde arttığını göstermektedir.

Keywords

El hijyeni, İnanç, Uygulama, Hemşire

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