Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Infection Transmission Prevention in a Hospital among Relatives of Patients
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Infection transmission prevention in a hospital, Relatives of patientsAbstract
This descriptive correlational research aimed to study the relationship among knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infection transmission prevention in a hospital among relatives of patients. The participants were 285 relatives of patients who visited and provided care for patients in medical units of a tertiary care hospital. The research instruments consisted of a demographic questionnaire, a knowledge of infection transmission prevention in a hospital assessment form with a reliability of .82, an attitudes towards infection transmission prevention in a hospital assessment form with a reliability of .81, and a practices of infection transmission prevention in a hospital questionnaire with a reliability of .80. Data were collected from November 2020 to May 2021. Statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, and Spearman rank correlation.
The research results revealed that 1) the relatives of patients had knowledge of infection transmission prevention in a hospital at a high level (87.37%), had attitudes towards infection transmission prevention in a hospital at a high level (77.54%), and had practices of infection transmission prevention in a hospital at a moderate level (61.75%); and 2) knowledge was positively statistically significantly related to attitudes towards infection transmission prevention in a hospital among relatives of patients (rs = .384, p < .001), knowledge was positively statistically significantly related to practices of infection transmission prevention in a hospital among relatives of patients (rs = .144, p < .05), and attitudes was positively statistically significantly related to practices of infection transmission prevention in a hospital among relatives of patients (rs = .130, p < .05).
This research suggests that nurses should promote knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infection transmission prevention in a hospital among relatives of patients. This will help reduce the incidence of patient infection.
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