NCT06403956

Students' Hand Hygiene Beliefs, Practices and Skills

The Effect of Hand Hygiene Training Given With Different Methods on Students' Hand Hygiene Beliefs, Practices and Skills

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 75 (actual)
• Sponsor: Çankırı Karatekin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 22 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the effect of hand hygiene training given to home patient care students with different methods on their hand hygiene beliefs, practices and skills. This study was a randomized controlled trial. The population of the study consisted of 123 students. After the removals, the study was completed with 75 students in the video, paint and control groups. In the intervention of the study, lecture, discussion, question and answer, demonstration, coloring and video methods were used.

Detailed description

Hand hygiene is the most important strategy to prevent the transmission of microorganisms between patients, healthcare personnel and the healthcare environment. This study was conducted to determine the effect of hand hygiene training given to home patient care students with different methods on their hand hygiene beliefs, practices and skills. This study was a randomized controlled trial. The population of the study consisted of 123 students. After the removals, the study was completed with 75 students in the video (n=25), paint (n=25) and control (n=25) groups. In the intervention of the study, lecture, discussion, question and answer, demonstration, coloring and video methods were used.

Conditions

• Complications of Medical and Surgical Care (Y62-Y84)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Training with video	The hand washing skills of the students in the three groups were evaluated by a researcher by observing the hand washing of the students in the sink with the Hand Washing Skills Checklist. After the students were given theoretical information about hand hygiene, including the importance of hand washing, the situations in which hands should be washed, and the steps of hand washing skills, the laboratory practice was started immediately afterwards. In the laboratory, hand washing training was given to the video group with the hand washing video developed by the researchers within the scope of the course. Afterwards, the same researcher who made the first observation re-evaluated the handwashing skills of all students in the sink by filling out the Handwashing Skill Checklist.
OTHER	Training with paint	The hand washing skills of the students in the three groups were evaluated by a researcher by observing the hand washing of the students in the sink with the Hand Washing Skills Checklist. After the students were given theoretical information about hand hygiene, including the importance of hand washing, the situations in which hands should be washed, and the steps of hand washing skills, the laboratory practice was started immediately afterwards. In the laboratory, hand washing training was given to the paint group with the demonstration method using acrylic paint instead of soap. Afterwards, the same researcher who made the first observation re-evaluated the handwashing skills of all students in the sink by filling out the Handwashing Skill Checklist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-15
• Primary completion: 2024-02-15
• Completion: 2024-04-15
• First posted: 2024-05-08
• Last updated: 2024-05-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)