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http://dx.doi.org/10.22705/jkashcn.2021.28.2.135

Knowledge, Performance, and Educational Needs of Infection Control among Nurses in Long-term Care Hospitals: A Focus on Jeju Province  

Cho, Ok-Hee (Department of Nursing, Kongju National University)
Hwang, Kyung-Hye (Department of Nursing, Suwon Science College)
Kim, Mi-Na (Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency)
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Journal of Home Health Care Nursing / v.28, no.2, 2021 , pp. 135-143 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to provide basic data for the development of education programs which improve the nurses' infection control performance by investigating the knowledge, performance, and educational needs of infection control among nurses in long-term care hospitals, and analyzing the relationship between these parameters. Methods: This was a descriptive study. A self-reported questionnaire was provided to 153 nurses in 210 long-term care hospitals on Jeju Island. Their knowledge, performance, and educational needs of infection control, data were analyzed using SAS Window(ver. 9.4), t-test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: Both knowledge (r=0.16, p=.042) and performance (r=0.52, p<.001) of infection control had positive correlations with the educational needs of the infection control. Conclusion: The higher the knowledge of infection control was, the higher the educational needs of the nurses were. However, knowledge of infection control did not correlate with performance of infection control. Therefore to increase the knowledge and performance of infection control, infection control education programs should suit the educational needs and the actual conditions of long-term care hospitals.
Keywords
Infection control; Knowledge; Long term care, Nurses;
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