Assessment of correlates of hand hygiene compliance among final year medical students: a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify the factors that influence the hand hygiene compliance of final year medical students, using a theoretical behavioural framework.

Design

Cross-sectional survey assessing self-reported compliance and its behavioural correlates.

Setting

Internships of medical students in the Netherlands.

Participants

322 medical students of the Erasmus Medical Center were recruited over a period of 12 months during the Public Health internship, which is the final compulsory internship after an 18-month rotation schedule in all major specialities.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Behavioural factors influencing compliance to hand hygiene guidelines were measured by means of a questionnaire based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Social Ecol

SUBMITTER: Erasmus V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045092 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature