Predictors for compliance of standard precautions among nursing students

BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the frequency of standard precautions (SPs) compliance and the factors affecting the compliance among nursing students (NSs). METHODS: A cross-sectional survey study guided by the health belief model was conducted in 2009. The study questionnaire is valid (content...

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Autores principales: Cheung, Kin, Chan, Chi Keung, Chang, Mei Yan, Chu, Po Ha, Fung, Wai Fong, Kwan, Kit Chi, Lau, Nga Yan, Li, Wai Kin, Mak, Hiu Man
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Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7115313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25868650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.007
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author Cheung, Kin
Chan, Chi Keung
Chang, Mei Yan
Chu, Po Ha
Fung, Wai Fong
Kwan, Kit Chi
Lau, Nga Yan
Li, Wai Kin
Mak, Hiu Man
author_facet Cheung, Kin
Chan, Chi Keung
Chang, Mei Yan
Chu, Po Ha
Fung, Wai Fong
Kwan, Kit Chi
Lau, Nga Yan
Li, Wai Kin
Mak, Hiu Man
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description BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the frequency of standard precautions (SPs) compliance and the factors affecting the compliance among nursing students (NSs). METHODS: A cross-sectional survey study guided by the health belief model was conducted in 2009. The study questionnaire is valid (content validity index, 0.81) and reliable (Cronbach α range, 0.65-0.94). RESULTS: There were 678 questionnaires analyzed, with a response rate of 68.9%. The mean frequency score of SPs compliance was 4.38 ± 0.40 out of 5. Tukey honest significant difference post hoc test indicated that year 2 and year 4 students had better SPs compliance than year 3 students. Further analysis using a univariate general linear model identified an interaction effect of perceived influence of nursing staff and year of study (F(1,593) = 3.72; P < .05). The 5 following predictors for SPs compliance were identified: knowledge of SPs, perceived barriers, adequacy of training, management support, and influence of nursing staff. CONCLUSION: Although the SPs compliance among NSs was high, the compliance varied by year of study and was affected by the nursing staff. Furthermore, SPs compliance among NSs can be enhanced by increasing SPs knowledge, providing more SPs training, promoting management support, reducing identified SPs barriers, and improving nursing staff compliance to SPs.
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spelling pubmed-71153132020-04-02 Predictors for compliance of standard precautions among nursing students Cheung, Kin Chan, Chi Keung Chang, Mei Yan Chu, Po Ha Fung, Wai Fong Kwan, Kit Chi Lau, Nga Yan Li, Wai Kin Mak, Hiu Man Am J Infect Control Article BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the frequency of standard precautions (SPs) compliance and the factors affecting the compliance among nursing students (NSs). METHODS: A cross-sectional survey study guided by the health belief model was conducted in 2009. The study questionnaire is valid (content validity index, 0.81) and reliable (Cronbach α range, 0.65-0.94). RESULTS: There were 678 questionnaires analyzed, with a response rate of 68.9%. The mean frequency score of SPs compliance was 4.38 ± 0.40 out of 5. Tukey honest significant difference post hoc test indicated that year 2 and year 4 students had better SPs compliance than year 3 students. Further analysis using a univariate general linear model identified an interaction effect of perceived influence of nursing staff and year of study (F(1,593) = 3.72; P < .05). The 5 following predictors for SPs compliance were identified: knowledge of SPs, perceived barriers, adequacy of training, management support, and influence of nursing staff. CONCLUSION: Although the SPs compliance among NSs was high, the compliance varied by year of study and was affected by the nursing staff. Furthermore, SPs compliance among NSs can be enhanced by increasing SPs knowledge, providing more SPs training, promoting management support, reducing identified SPs barriers, and improving nursing staff compliance to SPs. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. 2015-07-01 2015-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7115313/ /pubmed/25868650 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.007 Text en Copyright © 2015 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Li, Wai Kin
Mak, Hiu Man
Predictors for compliance of standard precautions among nursing students
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.007
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