Gender differences in psychosocial determinants of hand hygiene among physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We investigated gender differences in psychosocial determinants that affect hand hygiene (HH) performance among physicians.

Design

The survey included a structured questionnaire with 7 parts: self-assessment of HH execution rate; knowledge, attitude, and behavior regarding HH; internal and emotional motivation for better HH; barriers to HH; need for external reminders; preference for alcohol gel; and embarrassment due to supervision.

Setting

The study was conducted across 4 academic referral hospitals in Korea.

Participants

Physicians who worked at these hospitals were surveyed.

Methods

The survey questionnaire was sent to 994 physicians of the hospitals in July 2018 via email or paper. Differences in psychosocial determinants of HH among physi

SUBMITTER: Park SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877538 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature