Effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on beliefs and practices regarding hand hygiene among intensive care nurses: A repeated cross-sectional study

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dc.authorid0000-0002-2211-9606
dc.authorid0000-0003-2589-9756
dc.contributor.authorKaradas, Yasemin Ay
dc.contributor.authorSahin, Sibel Yilmaz
dc.contributor.authorDonmez, Elif
dc.contributor.authorTemiz, Gamze
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-28T12:17:58Z
dc.date.available2026-02-28T12:17:58Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentBayburt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractHand hygiene is an important factor in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Studies show healthcare professionals' hand hygiene practices vary and are not at sufficient levels. This study aimed to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the beliefs and practices of nurses working in intensive care units (ICU) towards hand hygiene. This was longitudinal, repeated, and cross-sectional study. The study was conducted in 2 phases between January 2,2020 and March 10,2021 in the intensive care unit of a university hospital in northern Turkey. No sampling method was used. The objective was to reach the entire population. The first phase of this study was completed with 119 (76% of the population) ICU nurses and the second phase with 85 (70% of the population) ICU nurses. The data were collected with the personal information form, hand hygiene belief scale (HHBS), hand hygiene practices inventory (HHPI) and the views of the intensive care nurses related to COVID-19. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviations, frequency, and percentages and analytical statistics such as t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test were used for data analysis at the significance level of P < .05. The majority of the nurses who participated in the study were female (75.6%; 69.4%), with a mean age of 30.82 +/- 5.51 and 30.58 +/- 5.51 years, respectively. There was a significant difference (P < .05) between the median HHBS (P = .002) and HHPI (P = .001) scores before and after COVID-19. All nurses (100%) reported that the pandemic was effective in hand hygiene practices. In this study, it was determined that the hand hygiene beliefs and practices of nurses were high, and the scores of nurses' hand hygiene beliefs and practices after COVID-19 increased significantly. Healthcare professionals must always adhere to stringent standards of hand hygiene, rather than merely during periods of heightened challenges. To ensure the sustainability of optimal hand hygiene practices, it is recommended that motivational interventions that strengthen beliefs and practices related to hand hygiene should be implemented and that studies should be conducted to evaluate their effectiveness.
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/MD.0000000000041903
dc.identifier.issn0025-7974
dc.identifier.issn1536-5964
dc.identifier.issue12
dc.identifier.pmid40128050
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105001188365
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000041903
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12403/6053
dc.identifier.volume104
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001450575800008
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins
dc.relation.ispartofMedicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260218
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjecthand hygiene
dc.subjectinfection control
dc.subjectintensive care units
dc.subjectnursing
dc.titleEffect of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on beliefs and practices regarding hand hygiene among intensive care nurses: A repeated cross-sectional study
dc.typeArticle

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