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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2022.13.02.085

Integrated Study on Factors related to Hand Washing Practice after COVID-19  

Kim, Young-Ran (Department of Radiology, Wonkwang Health Science University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.13, no.2, 2022 , pp. 85-91 More about this Journal
Abstract
As emphasized in the COVID-19 quarantine guidelines, hand washing is the most important prevention rule in tandem with distancing and mask. This study aimed to confirm relevant factors that affect practice of hand washing to find out approach for improvement of hand washing practice rate after COVID-19. Using the 2020 Community Health Survey data. As methods of research, this study searched for relevance by carrying out univariate logistic regression analysis, and also conducted multivariate logistic regression analysis using significant variables. Analysis results show that hand washing practice rate was high in females, well-educated, low age, cities, office job, the more people wear a face mask indoors, the higher the cycle of ventilation, the higher the cycle of disinfection and the more people maintain healthy distance. This study understood factors related to the rate of hand washing practice and results can be used as basic data for COVID-19 quarantine guidelines.
Keywords
COVID-19; Quarantine; Washing practice rate; Integrated Study on factors related to hand washing; Community Health Survey;
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