Loai Issa Tawalbeh1, Omar M Al-Rawajfah, Laila Habiballah. 1. Loai Issa Tawalbeh, PhD, RN, is an associate professor in the Faculty of Nursing at Al-AlBayt University, Al-Mafraq, Jordan. Omar M. AL-Rawajfah, PhD, RN, is an associate professor of Acute Care Nursing, College of Nursing-Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. Laila Habiballah, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Nursing at Irbid National University, Jordan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of and compliance with universal isolation precautions are important issues and were found to be low in many previous studies. However, there were no Jordanian studies that have examined the effect of an infection control teaching course on nursing students' knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions. PURPOSE: This study aimed to assess knowledge and compliance levels, assess the relationships between knowledge and compliance, and examine the effect of infection control teaching courses on knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions among university nursing students. METHODS: A quasi-experimental pretest/posttest design using a convenient sample of 130 third-year nursing students was applied. The experimental group (n = 60) were third-year nursing students who registered for infection control clinical course for 3 months. On the other side, the control group (n = 70) were students at the same academic level but did not register for the course and never attended the course. RESULTS: The mean knowledge of and compliance with universal precaution were quite low, with a mean (SD) of 7.82 (1.98) and 49.36 (11.13) respectively. There was a statistically significant weak positive correlation between knowledge of and compliance with standard precaution (r = 0.28, P = .003). An independent t test indicated a significant effect of the infection control clinical course (t119 = -5.36, P = .01) on knowledge mean score (mean [SD], 15.51 [1.41]) and compliance with universal precautionmean score (mean [SD], 89.00 [10.17]; t119 = 6.26, P = .02) compared to the control group. Paired t test revealed that knowledge and compliance were significantly higher in the posttest than in the pretest in the experimental group compared with the control group. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions were relatively low among nursing students. The application of an infection control teaching course helps improve both knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions among university nursing students.
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BACKGROUND: Knowledge of and compliance with universal isolation precautions are important issues and were found to be low in many previous studies. However, there were no Jordanian studies that have examined the effect of an infection control teaching course on nursing students' knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions. PURPOSE: This study aimed to assess knowledge and compliance levels, assess the relationships between knowledge and compliance, and examine the effect of infection control teaching courses on knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions among university nursing students. METHODS: A quasi-experimental pretest/posttest design using a convenient sample of 130 third-year nursing students was applied. The experimental group (n = 60) were third-year nursing students who registered for infection control clinical course for 3 months. On the other side, the control group (n = 70) were students at the same academic level but did not register for the course and never attended the course. RESULTS: The mean knowledge of and compliance with universal precaution were quite low, with a mean (SD) of 7.82 (1.98) and 49.36 (11.13) respectively. There was a statistically significant weak positive correlation between knowledge of and compliance with standard precaution (r = 0.28, P = .003). An independent t test indicated a significant effect of the infection control clinical course (t119 = -5.36, P = .01) on knowledge mean score (mean [SD], 15.51 [1.41]) and compliance with universal precaution mean score (mean [SD], 89.00 [10.17]; t119 = 6.26, P = .02) compared to the control group. Paired t test revealed that knowledge and compliance were significantly higher in the posttest than in the pretest in the experimental group compared with the control group. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions were relatively low among nursing students. The application of an infection control teaching course helps improve both knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions among university nursing students.
Authors: Pedro Parreira; Paulo Santos-Costa; João Pardal; Teresa Neves; Rafael A Bernardes; Beatriz Serambeque; Liliana B Sousa; João Graveto; Marja Silén-Lipponen; Ulla Korhonen; Leena Koponen; Mikko Myllymäki; Amaia Yurrebaso Macho; Alexander L Ward Mayens; Eva Maria Picado Valverde; Raquel Guzmán Ordaz; Juan Antonio Juanes Méndez; Jose Luis Pérez Iglesias; José Antonio Mirón Canelo; Aleksandra Jankowiak-Bernaciak; Amelia Patrzała; Grażyna Bączyk; Anna Basa; Alcinda Maria do Sacramento Costa Reis; Joaquim Augusto Simões; Ana Luísa Torres; Maria do Rosário Pinto; Anabela Salgueiro-Oliveira Journal: J Pers Med Date: 2022-01-28