• 기본간호학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.229-243
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• 1997

Especially in NICU(Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), handwashing is an important factor in decresing nosocomial infections due to reduced immunity, prematurity and various invasive procedures. The purpose of this study was to investigate the basic characteristics related to handwashing by NICU nurses. It was composed of three parts ; questionnaire survey I (genoral characteristics of handwashing), questionnaire survey II(the awareness degree of handwashing importance) and actual performance. This study was performed from Oct. 8 to 14 in 1994. The results of this study were as follows ; 1. Frequency of handwashing were different by shift of working about 47.1% of the respondents. They were washing most frequently during day-shift about 75% of above. According to self evaluation to handwashing frequency, 64.7% of the respondents said their frequency of handwashing was inadequate, because of being too busy.(45.1%), bothering caused by detergent or disinfectant(17.6%), and too far from handwashing facilities(17.6%). 2. The most common handwashing agent was soap(88.2%), 52.9% of the subjects experienced adverse effects after handwashing ; rough hand(44.5%), dryness(33.3%) All subjects washed their hands with running water, and 70.6% of the subjects washed upto wrist. In duration of handwashing, 52.9% of subjects washed hands 5 to 10 seconds, 29.5% of them did 11 to 15 seconds. 3. 29.4% among subjects had participated to take in the handwashing educational program. About 60% responded they would like to take the course of handwashing if possible. 4. The important nursing activities that need handwashing were chaning of caring ostomy, suctioning, chaning IV dressing site. On the other hand, they responded handwashing was not essential before dealing with omitus, before and after transfering machine, before chaning diaper(stool) 5. Handwashing performance was 61.7%. Among seven nursing activities, suctioning(73.4%) was the highest, the next was dealing with discharge or sampling(71.1%), the lowest was bathing(34.6%). The performance was better after(70.2%) nursing activities that before(52.5%), and day(63.6%) or evening(68.3%) shift than night(56.7%)

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.268-275
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine handwashing-related factors in nurses. Specific purposes of this study were to examine 1) the applicability of the hypothetical model constructed for this study, on the basis of Theory of Planned Behavior(TPB), and 2) relationships between handwashing practice and other variables such as age, career, level of education, and level of recognition about handwashing. Method: Data were collected from 187 nurses in one university hospital in Kyung-Ki province. Result: The hypothetical model based on TPB was revealed applicable, but the degree of the variance explaining handwashing practice was small(26%). Perceived behavioral control(PBC) was the most strong variable explaining handwashing practice, and intention didn't have a significant effect on handwashing practice. Norm and PBC had significant effects on intention, but attitude was not a significant factor of intention. Age, career, and the level of awareness of handwashing practice were significantly related to handwashing practice. Conclusion: The result of this study suggests that we should focus on perceived behavioral control, awareness of handwashing practice and subjective norm about handwashing practice to increase the level of nurses' handwashing practice.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.20-32
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• 2022

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate factors affecting handwashing practice among elementary school students by assessing the perception of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) and characteristics related to knowledge, attitude, and practice of handwashing. Methods: The cross-sectional study design and an online self-reported survey were used in this study. The subjects were 211 elementary students at a school located in G province, Korea. Data were collected from January 4 to 8, 2021. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. Results: Mean scores for knowledge, attitude, and practice of handwashing were 17.09 (out of 20), 21.15 (out of 24), and 27.51 (out of 33), respectively. There were significant positive correlations between the perception of COVID-19 and knowledge of handwashing (r=.23, p=.001), between knowledge and attitude toward handwashing (r=.45, p<.001), between knowledge and practice of handwashing (r=.18, p=.010), and between attitude and practice of handwashing (r=.28, p<.001). The factors influencing handwashing practice were handwashing frequency at home (β=.39, p<.001), handwashing frequency at school (β=.18, p=.006), and attitude toward handwashing (β=.15, p=.026), which explained 34.2% of the variance. Conclusion: These results suggest a need to raise awareness of the importance of handwashing and develop an education program for infectious disease prevention.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2005

Purpose: This study was done to determine the rate for handwashing by intensive care unit nurses according to the content of nursing tasks, to investigate the relationship between hand washing practice evaluated by nurses themselves and their actual practice observed, and finality to provide basic materials for strategy for hand washing education. Method: Data were collected by observing 27 nurses working in intensive care units of a hospital in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do and by using observation and a structured self-assessment tool. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS and SAS. Results: The handwashing rate for the nurses was 4.3%. The handwashing rate was high in proportion to the risk of cross infection. In addition, the handwashing rate was highest in nurses working in the neurosurgery intensive care unit. The average score for self-assessment of handwashing was $49.42{\pm}3.78$ points and it was higher than their actual practice of handwashing. Conclusion: In order to improve handwashing by nurses, it is necessary to educate them on the importance of handwashing. In addition, there should be strategies for standardizing knowledge and attitudes to handwashing and inducing nurse:3 to practice hand washing in compliance with the policies and working conditions of the institution.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.297-305
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude, and compliance regarding hand hygiene according to the profession of ICU health care providers. Method: Data were collected by questionnaires and by recording of direct observations of 143 health care providers in 4 intensive care units. With SPSS/WIN 12.0 t-test, ANOVA, and ${\chi}^2-test$ were used to analyze the data. Results: The level of knowledge regarding handwashing among the nurses was higher and a more positive attitude was shown compared to physicians. Overall handwashing compliance was low among all ICU health care providers, but nurses had better compliance than any other health care providers and significantly higher frequency for handwashing before care and after care activities. All of professions had lower scores on the appropriate length of time for handwashing and areas that need to be scrubbed. The level for nurses was medium and for physicians, the lowest of all professions. The appropriate agent for handwashing and the method of drying for handwashing compliance was high in all professions. Conclusion: The results suggest that multidisciplinary interventions are needed to develop an environment for appropriate handwashing as well as to reinforce importance of handwashing compliance for health care providers.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.162-171
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of hand washing education program on knowledge, attitude and practice of handwashing in elementary school. Methods: The subjects were 484 late school-aged children in Gyeonggi-do. Data were collected from Sep. 1 to Dec. 21, 2009. Results: 1) The handwashing education group (experimental group=E) showed higher score in knowledge of handwashing than the control group (C) (t=5.20, p<.001 ) as the E group scored 29.15(${\pm}3.24$) and the C group scored 27.52(${\pm}3.69$). 2) The E group showed higher score in attitude of handwashing than the C group (t=6.58, p<.001 ) as the E group scored 39.60(${\pm}4.33$) and the C group scored 36.96(${\pm}4.47$). 3) The E group showed higher score in practice of handwashing than the C group (t=2.64, p<.001). as the E group scored 45.90(${\pm}4.79$) and the C group scored 44.67(${\pm}5.33$). Conclusion: The experimental group showed significantly higher scores in knowledge, attitude, practice and cognition of handwashing. This proves that the handwashing program was effective. It is necessary to apply more systematic and various handwashing education programs for other grade at schools.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2018

본 연구는 중학생의 손씻기 인식이 실천에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여, J 중학교 학생 294명을 대상으로 한 서술적 조사연구로, 질병관리본부(2005)의 도구를 수정하여 사용하였다. 수집된 자료의 SPSS Win 23.0 분석결과, 최근 6개월간 질병경험으로 감기가 42.9%으로 가장 많았고, 손씻기 인식의 평균은 4점 만점에 3.47점, 가정과 학교에서의 손씻기 실천 평균은 각각 3.36, 3.35점이었다. 일일 손씻기 횟수는 4~6회가 39.1%, 손씻기 평균시간은 11~15초 및 47.0%가 '습관이 되지 않아' 손을 씻지 않는다고 응답하였다. 손씻기 인식의 실천에 대한 설명력은 23.2%로, 손씻기 인식이 실천에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(p=.001). 본 연구결과는 감염병예방을 위해 손씻기 인식에 대한 교육으로 손씻기 실천강화의 필요성을 시사한다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2023

본 연구는 대학생의 손씻기 교육과 홍보 경험에 따른 손씻기 수행도와 태도를 비교 분석하기 위해 시도되었다. 연구대상자는 대학생 205명이며, 자가보고 형식의 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 자료를 수집하였다. 자료분석을 위해 SPSS 22.0 program을 이용하여 기술적 통계, Independent t-test를 시행하였고, 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 대학생의 손씻기 교육에 따른 손씻기 수행과 태도는 모두 교육을 받은 대상자에서 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다. 대학생의 손씻기 홍보에 따른 손씻기 수행과 태도를 분석한 결과에서는 손씻기 태도에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었지만 손씻기 수행은 유의하지 않았다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 대학생의 손씻기 교육과 홍보를 강화할 필요가 있으며, 손씻기 수행도와 태도를 증진시키기 위한 노력이 필요할 것이다.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.219-229
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• 2017

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between handwashing knowledge and handwashing compliance in nursing students and to identify the moderation and mediation effects of self-efficacy and perceived behavioral control on the relationship. Methods: The participants were 172 nursing college students who completed the self-report measures. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient, Multiple regression analysis was used to test moderation and mediation effects. Results: The score for knowledge of handwashing was higher in participants who had completed fundamentals of nursing practicum (t=-6.54, p<.001) and the score for compliance with handwashing was higher in participants who had completed clinical practicum (t=-3.81, p<.001) or fundamentals of nursing practicum (t=-5.97, p<.001). Self-efficacy showed a significant moderation effect (z=2.21, p=.027) but not a mediation effect while perceived behavioral control had a significant mediation effect but not a moderation effect on the relationship between knowledge of handwashing and compliance. Conclusion: Findings indicate that clinical practicum and fundamentals of nursing practicum were helpful to nursing students in acquiring knowledge and in practicing proper handwashing technique. These findings suggest that continuing and repetitive education programs on handwashing need to be enhanced and strategies to strengthen self-efficacy and perceived behavioral control need to be included in education programs.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.143-154
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• 1998

Background : There have been very few studies conducted on the number and type of microorganisms that remain on the ring finger after handwashing. This study was performed to investigate whether there were changes and differences in the type and number of microorganisms on the ring finger before and after handwashing. Method : The subjects of the study were 15 MICU and SICU staff nurses who were wearing rings. I swabbed two different fingers of the same hand with cotton balls. One finger which had a ring and the other with no ring. I swabbed the fingers of each subject three times(before handwashing, after handwashing with soap, and after handwashing with bethadine solution). After storing them for 48 hours in an incubator, I sent them to the laboratory and recorded the culture results. Results : There was no difference in the type of microorganism, but a major difference in the number of the microorganisms that existed on the finger ring. The results showed that there were much more microorganisms on the ring fingers than on the fingers that did not have rings both before and after handwashing. This tendency was consistent regardless of the handwashing agent. I therefore recommend that all nursing staff who work in general nursing units, as well as nurses who work in the ICU, remove their rings when taking care of the patients.