Students' Hand Hygiene Beliefs, Practices and Skills

NCT06403956 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: BCE
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 75
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the effect of hand hygiene training given to home patient care students with different methods on their hand hygiene beliefs, practices and skills. This study was a randomized controlled trial. The population of the study consisted of 123 students. After the removals, the study was completed with 75 students in the video, paint and control groups. In the intervention of the study, lecture, discussion, question and answer, demonstration, coloring and video methods were used.

Conditions

Complications of Medical and Surgical Care (Y62-Y84)

Keywords

Education; Hand hygiene; Home care services; Skills

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• The Descriptive Characteristics and Hand Hygiene Information Form

  It was developed by the researchers and includes seven questions including age, gender, family type, economic status, previous hand hygiene training, need for hand hygiene training, and hand washing frequency.

  1 year

• Hand Washing Skills Checklist

  The checklist prepared by the researchers in line with the WHO (World Health Organization) guidelines consists of 20 steps to evaluate the hand washing skills of the students. For the developed checklist, expert opinion was obtained from 5 Fundamentals of Nursing experts. Among the steps in the checklist, 0 points were given to the steps that were not applied, 0.5 points to the missing applied steps, and 1 point to the correctly applied steps. The highest score that students can get from the hand washing skill checklist is 20 points.

  1 year

• Hand Hygiene Belief Scale and Hand Hygiene Practice Inventory

  It was developed by Thea F. Van De Mortel (2009). The Turkish validity and reliability of the Hand Hygiene Belief Scale and Hand Hygiene Practice Inventory were conducted by Karadağ et al. The Hand Hygiene Belief Scale and Hand Hygiene Practice Inventory were used to evaluate students' hand hygiene beliefs and practices. The Hand Hygiene Belief Scale is scored as "1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=not sure, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree" and consists of 22 items in total; the Hand Hygiene Practice Inventory is scored as "1=never, 2=sometimes, 3=often, 4=most of the time, 5=always" and consists of 14 items. Items 5,8,16,17,18,19,20 are evaluated in reverse (5=strongly disagree, 4=disagree, 3=not sure, 2=agree, 1=strongly agree).

  1 year

Study Arms (3)

video group

EXPERIMENTAL

The population of the study consisted of 123 students who were first-year students in the Home Patient Care Program. Video group (n=29)

Other: Training with video

Paint group

EXPERIMENTAL

The population of the study consisted of 123 students who were first-year students in the Home Patient Care Program. Paint group (n=29)

Other: Training with paint

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The population of the study consisted of 123 students who were first-year students in the Home Patient Care Program. Control group (n=29)

Interventions

Training with video OTHER

The hand washing skills of the students in the three groups were evaluated by a researcher by observing the hand washing of the students in the sink with the Hand Washing Skills Checklist. After the students were given theoretical information about hand hygiene, including the importance of hand washing, the situations in which hands should be washed, and the steps of hand washing skills, the laboratory practice was started immediately afterwards. In the laboratory, hand washing training was given to the video group with the hand washing video developed by the researchers within the scope of the course. Afterwards, the same researcher who made the first observation re-evaluated the handwashing skills of all students in the sink by filling out the Handwashing Skill Checklist.

video group

Training with paint OTHER

The hand washing skills of the students in the three groups were evaluated by a researcher by observing the hand washing of the students in the sink with the Hand Washing Skills Checklist. After the students were given theoretical information about hand hygiene, including the importance of hand washing, the situations in which hands should be washed, and the steps of hand washing skills, the laboratory practice was started immediately afterwards. In the laboratory, hand washing training was given to the paint group with the demonstration method using acrylic paint instead of soap. Afterwards, the same researcher who made the first observation re-evaluated the handwashing skills of all students in the sink by filling out the Handwashing Skill Checklist.

Paint group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 22 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• No previous training in a health field,
• First time students taking the Care Principles and Practices Lecture
• Students who agreed to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• Previous education in one of the health fields,
• Repeatedly taking the Care Principles and Practices Lecture
• Students who refused to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Çankırı Karatekin University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Çankırı Karatekin University

Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Graveto JMGDN, Rebola RIF, Fernandes EA, Costa PJDS. Hand hygiene: nurses' adherence after training. Rev Bras Enferm. 2018 May;71(3):1189-1193. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0239. English, Portuguese.

  PMID: 29924172 RESULT

• Novak M, Breznicky J, Kompanikova J, Malinovska N, Hudeckova H. Impact of hand hygiene knowledge on the hand hygiene compliance. Med Glas (Zenica). 2020 Feb 1;17(1):194-199. doi: 10.17392/1051-20.

  PMID: 31556581 RESULT

• Ojanpera H, Kanste OI, Syrjala H. Hand-hygiene compliance by hospital staff and incidence of health-care-associated infections, Finland. Bull World Health Organ. 2020 Jul 1;98(7):475-483. doi: 10.2471/BLT.19.247494. Epub 2020 May 26.

  PMID: 32742033 RESULT

• Spruce L. Hand Hygiene. AORN J. 2021 Mar;113(3):286-294. doi: 10.1002/aorn.13340. No abstract available.

  PMID: 33646589 RESULT

• Hammerschmidt J, Manser T. Nurses' knowledge, behaviour and compliance concerning hand hygiene in nursing homes: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Aug 5;19(1):547. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4347-z.

  PMID: 31382968 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Videotape Recording; Paint

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tape Recording; Audiovisual Aids; Educational Technology; Technology; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture; Television; Manufactured Materials

Study Officials

• Banu CIHAN ERDOGAN, PhD

  Çankırı Karatekin University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: RN, PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2024
• First Posted: May 8, 2024
• Study Start: January 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 15, 2024
• Study Completion: April 15, 2024
• Last Updated: May 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)