Does COVID-19 pandemic change hand hygiene compliance among the medical students and residents? A comparative study from a university hospital

Özlem Coşkun; Işıl İrem Budakoğlu; Yavuz Selim Kıyak

doi:10.19161/etd.1126614

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Does COVID-19 pandemic change hand hygiene compliance among the medical students and residents? A comparative study from a university hospital

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to find out if there is statistically significant difference in self-reported hand hygiene compliance among Year-5 medical students, Year-6 medical students, and residents in Gazi University Faculty of Medicine between right before and after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Turkiye.

Materials and Methods: Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out to reveal self-reported hand hygiene compliance among participants right before and after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Turkiye. Participants were Year-5 and Year-6 medical students and residents in Gazi University Faculty of Medicine. Convenience sampling was used. There were 833 participants in total. The survey form consists of 10 items that were constituted by examining World Health Organization guidelines on hand hygiene. The compliance scores before and after the first confirmed case were compared by performing T-Test.

Results: Out of 10 items, there was significant difference in Year-5 medical students’, Year-6 medical students’ and residents’ self-reported hand hygiene compliance scores between before and after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in 6 items, 10 items, and 8 items, respectively (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Significant increase in hand hygiene compliance was found right after the COVID-19 outbreak when it compared to before. The main factor behind the improvement would be extremely high levels of perceived risk created by outbreak.

Keywords

COVID-19 Pandemisi tıp öğrencilerinin ve uzmanlık öğrencilerinin el hijyenine uyumunu değiştiriyor mu? Bir üniversite hastanesinden karşılaştırmalı çalışma

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Amaç: Bu çalışmada, Türkiye’de tespit edilen ilk COVID-19 vakasından hemen önce ve sonra, Gazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dönem 5 tıp öğrencileri, Dönem 6 tıp öğrencileri ve tıpta uzmanlık öğrencilerinin el hijyenine uyumlarına yönelik beyanlarında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir değişiklik olup olmadığının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Kesitsel tipte gerçekleştirilmiş olan bu çalışmada, Türkiye’de resmî olarak saptanan ilk COVID-19 vakasından hemen önce ve sonra, katılımcıların el hijyenine yönelik beyana dayalı uyumlarını ortaya çıkarmak için iki anket uygulanmıştır. Çalışmanın katılımcıları, Gazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dönem 5 ve Dönem 6 öğrencileri ve tıpta uzmanlık öğrencileridir. Uygunluk örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Toplam katılımcı sayısı 833’tür. El hijyeni sağlama ile ilgili 10 madde içeren anket formu, Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından geliştirilmiş olan el hijyenine dair rehberi incelenerek oluşturulmuştur. İlk vakadan önceki ve sonraki uyum puanları, T testi kullanılarak karşılaştırılmıştır.

Bulgular: 10 maddede Dönem 5 ve Dönem 6 tıp öğrencilerinin ve tıpta uzmanlık öğrencilerinin el hijyenini sağlamaya yönelik beyana dayalı puanlarında, resmî olarak ilk kez tespit edilen COVID-19 vakasından önce ve sonra sırasıyla altı, on ve sekiz maddede anlamlı farklılık vardı (p<0.05).

Sonuç: Öncesiyle karşılaştırıldığında, COVID-19 salgınının hemen sonrasında katılımcıların el hijyenine uyum beyanında anlamlı artış olduğu saptanmıştır. Söz konusu artışın sebebi, COVID-19 salgınının yarattığı çok yüksek düzeydeki risk algısı olabilir.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Özlem Coşkun ^*
0000-0001-8800-4433
Türkiye

Işıl İrem Budakoğlu
0000-0003-1517-3169
Türkiye

Yavuz Selim Kıyak
0000-0002-5026-3234
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 13, 2022

Submission Date

August 31, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 13, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 61 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.1126614

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https://izlik.org/JA44SL79BR

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1.Özlem Coşkun, Işıl İrem Budakoğlu, Yavuz Selim Kıyak. Does COVID-19 pandemic change hand hygiene compliance among the medical students and residents? A comparative study from a university hospital. EJM. 2022 Jun. 1;61(2):202-8. doi:10.19161/etd.1126614