Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회지)

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Hand Hygiene Practices in Seafarers

선원들의 손위생 수행에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석

  • Hwang, Jeong-Hee (Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology) ;
  • Park, Eun-Kee (Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University) ;
  • Yu, Byeng-Chul (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University) ;
  • Lee, Hu-Jang (Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 황정희 (한국해양수산연수원) ;
  • 박은기 (고신대학교 의과대학 인문사회의학교실) ;
  • 유병철 (고신대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이후장 (경상대학교 수의과대학.동물의학연구소)
  • Received : 2018.10.18
  • Accepted : 2018.11.11
  • Published : 2019.02.28
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Abstract

Seafaring is an important occupation that requires stringent hand hygiene practices as a basic method for preventing food-borne illness and infectious diseases when the diseases occur on board. The purpose of this study is to provide fundamental data for the prevention of food-borne illness and infectious disease on the ship by investigating the level of hand hygiene practices and influencing factors. A total of 222 seafarers were surveyed at a seafarers' educational institution between July and August 2017. Their hand hygiene practice were examined by a modified method using the guidelines which are recommended by the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Hand Hygiene Australia. The mean of hand hygiene practice was 47.97 out of 75 points. By category, the most frequent hand hygiene practice was measured as 4.04 on a 5-point scale as 'after working'. Factors affecting hand hygiene practices were ship tonnage relating to in job characteristics, exercise in health-related characteristics, and soap in relation to the characteristics of the hand hygiene environment on board. To improve hand hygiene among seafarers, it is necessary to raise awareness of hand hygiene among seafarers who work on small ships in particular, and to improve the systems of hand hygiene on ships with continuous education, hygiene practice evaluation and feedback.

본 연구는 선박이라는 특수한 환경에서 생활하는 선원을 대상으로 손위생 수행도에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 파악하여 선원 승선 생활에서의 기본적인 감염관리 활동을 독려하여 건강한 승선생활에 도움이 되고자 하였다. 본 조사는 선원교육기관에 교육을 받고 있는 선원 222명을 대상으로 2017년 7월부터 8월까지 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구대상자의 승선 중 손위생 수행도는 75점 만점에 전체 평균 $47.97{\pm}11.62$으로 나타났으며, 항목별로는, 5점 만점기준으로 '업무나 작업을 마친 후'가 $4.04{\pm}1.03$으로 가장 높은 점수를 보였고 연구대상자의 손위생 수행도에 선박의 총 톤수, 승선 중 운동여부, 선내 비누비치여부가 다중회귀분석으로 영향을 미치는 요인으로 확인되었다. 본 연구의 결과에 기초하여 향후 선원들의 손위생 수행도와 이에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하는 후속연구가 필요하며, 일반적 특성, 직무특성, 건강관련 특성, 손위생 환경뿐만 아니라 다양한 변수들을 고려하여 선원의 손위생 수행에 영향을 미치는 요인들에 대한 세밀한 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 또한, 승선 중에 있는 선원들에 대한 손위생 수행에 대한 지속적인 관심이 필요하고 손위생 수행을 향상 시킬 수 있는 체계적인 방안이 구체적으로 마련되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

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