Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi (BSBD), cilt.12, sa.1, ss.1-7, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
Objective: This research was carried out to examine the effect of nurses' beliefs on hand hygiene on hand hygiene practices. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 529 nurses working at the City Training and Research Hospital in a province in the south of Turkey between March and June 2019. The research data were collected by face-to-face survey method using personal information form, Hand Hygiene Belief Scale (HHBS) and Hand Hygiene Practice Inventory (HHPI). The analysis of the research data was performed with SPSS version 24.0 package program. Frequency tables, descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to evaluate the research findings. Results: HHBS score mean was 83.64±9.14 and HHPI score mean was 65.88±5.66. A positive, very weak and statistically significant correlation was found between the HHBS and the HHPI scores (r=0.196; p=0.000). It was found that HHBS scores were affected only by gender, while HHPI scores were affected by having children, the unit where the nurses work, the number of patients in the unit and their professional satisfaction. Conclusion: The research shows that as hand hygiene belief scale scores increase, hand hygiene practice inventory scores also increase positively.