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http://dx.doi.org/10.17135/jdhs.2015.15.2.166

Knowledge, Attitude, Performance on the Hand Washing by Dental Hygiene Students  

Lee, Bo-Ram (Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Wonkwang University)
Han, Ok-Sung (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.15, no.2, 2015 , pp. 166-171 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitude, and performance of dental hygiene students on the hand washing. We surveyed 288 students attending the department of dental hygiene at K Universities and H Universities in Gwangju during the period from September 5 to November 20, 2014. The obtained data were analysed using SPSS version 20.0. According to the general characteristics, the hand washing knowledge of the third year students was highest with 4.72. At the question on the change of awareness after the education of hand washing, the hand washing performance showed that 4.17 for 'yes' was higher than 4.03 for 'no'. There was negatively correlated between knowledge and attitude (r=-0.020, p>0.05). The performance was positively correlated with attitude (r=0.161, p<0.05). There is a need to develop a continuous education program for finding out the right way to hand washing, which is able to enhance knowledge, attitude, and performance on hand washing.
Keywords
Attitude; Hand disinfection; Knowledge; Performance;
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