Determinants of good adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers who have extensive exposure to hand hygiene campaigns(1515 Sax H, Uckay I, Richet H, Allegranzi B, Pittet D. Determinants of good adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers who have extensive exposure to hand hygiene campaigns. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007;28:1267-74. doi: 10.1086/521663 https://doi.org/10.1086/521663...
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2007/ Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol |
To quantify the different behavioral components involved in the motivation of health professionals to carry out hand hygiene |
Cross-sectional |
Use of a validated questionnaire, designed according to the guidelines of social cognitive theories applied to behaviors related to health, especially the Theory of Planned Behavior |
Health Care Professionals' Perceptions and Knowledge of Infection Control Practices in a Community Hospital(1616 Lewis KL, Thompson JM. Health care professionals' perceptions and knowledge of infection control practices in a community hospital. Health Care Manag. 2009;28(3):230-9. doi: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e3181b3ea8b https://doi.org/10.1097/HCM.0b013e3181b3...
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2009/ The Health Care Manager |
To evaluate perceptions and knowledge of health professionals regarding infection control practices |
Exploratory, survey |
Use of the validated instrument Health Belief Model, a methodology that allowed to measure constructs of perceptions and clinical knowledge about infection control practices |
Behavioral determinants of hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units(1717 Wandel D, Maes L, Labeau S, Vereecken C, Blot S. Behavioral determinants of hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units. Am J Crit Care. 2010;19(3):230-9. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2010892 https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2010892...
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2010/ American Journal of Critical Care |
To identify and describe predictors and determinants of noncompliance with hand hygiene prescriptions in nurses in an intensive care unit at a teaching hospital |
Survey |
Self-efficacy was assessed by applying a validated questionnaire based on the behavioral theoretical model by Albert Bandura |
Knowledge, perceptions, and practices of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission prevention among health care workers in acute-care settings(1818 Seibert DJ, Speroni KG, Mi Oh K, DeVoe MC, Jacobsen KH. Knowledge, perceptions, and practices of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission prevention among health care workers in acute-care settings. Am J Infect Control. 2014;42(3):254-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.09.005 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.09.0...
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2014/ American Journal of Infection Control |
To evaluate knowledge, perceptions, and practices related to hand hygiene and the risk of contamination by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in health professionals (physicians, nurses, and others) |
Cross-sectional study carried out with professionals at a hospital in the USA |
Use of an instrument with self-reported measures of the knowledge of health professionals, as well as their attitudes, perceptions, practices, and behaviors about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The instrument was validated in the study. |
Intensive care physicians' and nurses' perception that hand hygiene prevents pathogen transmission: belief strength and associations with other cognitive factors(1919 Lutze B, Chaberny IF, Graf K, Krauth C, Lange K, Schwadtke L, et al. Intensive care physicians' and nurses' perception that hand hygiene prevents pathogen transmission: belief strength and associations with other cognitive factors. J Health Psychol. 2015;22(1):89-100. doi: 10.1177/1359105315595123 https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315595123...
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2015/ Journal of Health Psychology |
To compare the perception of physicians and nurses regarding the belief that hands participate in microbial transmission and that hygiene reduces the risk of transmission. A second objective was to test associations of this belief with other sociocognitive determinants |
Cross-sectional, survey study that compared the perception of physicians and nurses in an intensive care unit at a German teaching medical center |
The study was based on a questionnaire tested by the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, with items that followed health psychology and demography recommendations |
Assessing Healthcare Associated Infections and Hand Hygiene Perceptions amongst Healthcare Professionals(2020 Tan AK, Olivo J. Assessing Healthcare Associated Infections and Hand Hygiene Perceptions amongst Healthcare Professionals. Int J Caring Sci [Internet]. 2015[cited 2019 Jun 12];8(1):108-14. Available from: http://www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org/docs/13-abstract.pdf http://www.internationaljournalofcarings...
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2015/ International Journal of Caring Sciences |
To evaluate the perception of health professionals (physicians and nurses) at a hospital in Saudi Arabia regarding hand hygiene |
Descriptive study, with a World Health Organization standardized questionnaire |
Use of the questionnaire "Perception Survey for Health-care Workers", standardized by the World Health Organization |