Knowledge About Hand Hygiene among Medical Students and Nursing Students in Masaka Regional Referral Hospital

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 377 - 381, 20.09.2021

Aisha Nazziwa , Kamada Lwere , Seyit Ankaralı , Handan Ankaralı

https://doi.org/10.33631/duzcesbed.887338

Abstract

Aim: The pathogenic bacterium on the hands of healthcare workers (HCWs) is considered as the main route of spread of hospital-acquired infections. This study determines the knowledge regarding hand hygiene among medical and nursing students in a Regional Referral Hospital.
Material and Methods: 100 students participated in the study. Data was collected using the World Health Organization hand hygiene knowledge questionnaire (revised 2009). The questionnaire contains questions on the participant’s demographics, formal training in hand hygiene and questions to assess hand hygiene knowledge. Descriptive statistics of the variables were computed as Mean±SD and frequencies (n, %). The relationships between the categorical variables were investigated by using Pearson Chi-Square test. Also independent-samples t-test were used to investigate the difference between groups with regard to numerical variables. In all calculations, P< 0.05 is considered as the level of statistical significance. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 20 (IBM SPSS statistics, Somers, NY).
Results: 90.8% of the students reported receiving formal training in hand hygiene. However only 2% of the students had good knowledge, 74% moderate knowledge and 24% low knowledge about hand hygiene. The study did not find any significant difference in the knowledge level between the students who had received formal training in hand hygiene and those who had not (p=0.392). Also, the mean knowledge score was not associated with gender (p=0.82), or profession (p=0.179).
Conclusion: It is of importance to devise effective teaching methods that will help the students retain the knowledge on hand hygiene.

Keywords

hand hygiene, medical students, nursing students, health students, Uganda

Supporting Institution

Islamic development bank, islamic univeristy in uganda

Thanks

The authors highly appreciate the Islamic development bank through islamic university in Uganda for the grant that enabled this work to be successful

Masaka Bölge Sevk Hastanesindeki Tıp Öğrencileri ve Hemşirelik Öğrencileri Arasındaki El Hijyeni Hakkında Bilgi

Abstract

Amaç: Sağlık çalışanlarının elindeki patojenik bakteri, hastane kaynaklı enfeksiyonların ana yayılma yolu olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu çalışma, bir Bölge Sevk Hastanesindeki tıp ve hemşirelik öğrencilerinin el hijyenine ilişkin bilgilerini belirlemektedir.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırmaya 44'ü tıp öğrencisi, 56'sı hemşirelik öğrencisi olan 100 öğrenci katılmıştır. Anket, katılımcının demografik bilgilerini, el hijyeni konusundaki resmi eğitimi ve el hijyeni bilgisini değerlendirmek için sorular içermektedir. Değişkenlerin tanımlayıcı istatistikleri Ortalama±SD ve frekanslar (n, %) olarak hesaplandı. Kategorik değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiler Pearson Ki-Kare testi kullanılarak araştırıldı. Ayrıca, sayısal değişkenler açısından gruplar arasındaki farkı araştırmak için independent-samples t-testi kullanıldı. Tüm hesaplamalarda, istatistiksel anlamlılık düzeyi olarak p<0,05 kabul edildi. İstatistiksel analiz, SPSS 20 (IBM SPSS istatistikleri, Somers, NY) kullanılarak yapıldı.
Bulgular: El hijyeni konusunda öğrencilerin % 2'si iyi, % 74'ü orta düzeyde ve % 24'ü düşük bilgiye sahipti. Araştırmada el hijyeni konusunda örgün eğitim almış öğrenciler ile almayanlar arasında bilgi düzeyinde anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır (p=0,392). Ayrıca ortalama bilgi puanı cinsiyet (p=0,82) veya meslek (p=0,179) ile ilişkili değildi.
Sonuç: Öğrencilerin el hijyeni konusundaki bilgilerini korumalarına yardımcı olacak etkili öğretim yöntemlerinin geliştirilmesi önemlidir.

Keywords

El hijyeni, Tıp öğrencisi, hemşirelik öğrencileri, sağlık öğrencileri, Uganda

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