TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurses’ Attitudes and Perceptions towards Hand Hygiene in Mental Health and Medical Inpatient Settings
T2 - Comparative, Cross-Sectional Study
AU - Dickens, Geoffrey L.
AU - Goko, Charlotte
AU - Ryan, Emina
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Poor hand hygiene is a major contributor to hospital acquired infection. In this study, a comparison of the related attitudes of psychiatric and non-psychiatric nurses was made using a cross-sectional survey design. N = 79 nurses who work in psychiatric or non-psychiatric hospital wards completed questionnaires regarding intended compliance with hand-washing protocols and potential cognitive predictors of compliance. Perceived ease of compliance and behavioural norms, and working in a non-psychiatric ward, predicted superlative intended compliance. Working in psychiatry did not in itself predict outgroup membership suggesting that psychiatric ward-related factors, rather than psychiatric nurse-related factors are most relevant in determining between-group differences. Consideration of factors unique to psychiatry wards during service design could improve compliance.
AB - Poor hand hygiene is a major contributor to hospital acquired infection. In this study, a comparison of the related attitudes of psychiatric and non-psychiatric nurses was made using a cross-sectional survey design. N = 79 nurses who work in psychiatric or non-psychiatric hospital wards completed questionnaires regarding intended compliance with hand-washing protocols and potential cognitive predictors of compliance. Perceived ease of compliance and behavioural norms, and working in a non-psychiatric ward, predicted superlative intended compliance. Working in psychiatry did not in itself predict outgroup membership suggesting that psychiatric ward-related factors, rather than psychiatric nurse-related factors are most relevant in determining between-group differences. Consideration of factors unique to psychiatry wards during service design could improve compliance.
KW - Hospital acquired infection
KW - theory of planned behaviour
KW - psychiatric nursing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088295997&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01612840.2020.1757796
DO - 10.1080/01612840.2020.1757796
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088295997
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 41
SP - 1011
EP - 1018
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
IS - 11
ER -