Educational needs and difference of knowledge and importance level on the infection control practice of 174 nursing home care workers
Category | Subcategories | Importance M±SD |
Knowledge M±SD |
Gap M±SD |
t-value | Score of Borich |
Borich ranking |
LfFM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infectious disease management | 1. Fever and respiratory symptoms | 9.81±0.61 | 9.23±1.27 | 0.58±1.29 | 5.99 |
5.71 | 5 | HH |
2. Scabies | 9.76±0.80 | 9.09±1.46 | 0.67±1.43 | 6.24 |
6.56 | 3 | HH | |
3. Visitor control | 9.53±1.10 | 9.24±1.32 | 0.29±1.46 | 2.67 |
2.80 | 21 | LL | |
4. Personal protective equipment | 9.88±0.48 | 9.67±0.87 | 0.20±0.93 | 2.96 |
2.07 | 24 | HL | |
Employee infection control | 5. Employee personal hygiene | 9.57±0.85 | 9.42±1.07 | 0.15±1.05 | 1.99 |
1.96 | 25 | LL |
6. Health checkup: Tuberculosis test | 9.82±0.56 | 9.38±1.25 | 0.43±1.18 | 4.90 |
4.86 | 10 | HL | |
7. Symptomatic employee management | 9.77±0.65 | 9.43±1.08 | 0.34±1.02 | 4.41 |
3.89 | 16 | HL | |
Hand hygiene | 8. Importance of hand hygiene | 9.84±0.57 | 9.55±1.02 | 0.28±0.92 | 4.14 |
3.41 | 19 | HL |
9. How to perform hand hygiene | 9.71±0.76 | 9.51±1.10 | 0.20±1.03 | 2.62 |
2.54 | 22 | HL | |
Disinfection and sterilization | 10. Disposable product | 9.52±0.93 | 9.32±1.16 | 0.19±1.09 | 2.41 |
2.45 | 23 | LL |
11. Disinfectant | 9.50±0.97 | 8.98±1.44 | 0.51±1.48 | 4.60 |
4.91 | 9 | LH | |
12. Sterilizer | 9.67±0.74 | 8.81±1.73 | 0.85±1.67 | 6.78 |
8.29 | 1 | LH | |
Hygiene | 13. Laundary management | 9.49±1.04 | 9.10±1.40 | 0.20±1.34 | 2.01 |
3.70 | 17 | LL |
14. Management of personal items | 9.65±0.86 | 9.29±1.26 | 0.36±1.19 | 4.02 |
3.49 | 18 | LL | |
15. Tube feeding | 9.73±0.84 | 9.28±1.38 | 0.44±1.40 | 4.22 |
4.37 | 14 | HH | |
16. Urinary catheter | 9.80±0.71 | 9.31±1.48 | 0.49±1.54 | 4.22 |
4.82 | 11 | HH | |
Environmental management | 17. Medical waste | 9.75±0.69 | 9.18±1.43 | 0.56±1.25 | 6.04 |
5.53 | 7 | HH |
18. Ventilation | 9.81±0.54 | 9.48±1.00 | 0.32±0.84 | 5.17 |
3.20 | 20 | HL | |
19. Drinking water | 9.70±0.80 | 9.15±1.49 | 0.54±1.25 | 5.80 |
5.32 | 8 | LH | |
20. Air conditioner | 9.51±1.00 | 8.85±1.63 | 0.66±1.38 | 6.42 |
6.35 | 4 | LH | |
21. Cleaning | 9.59±0.92 | 9.15±1.34 | 0.44±0.97 | 6.04 |
4.26 | 15 | LH | |
22. Food cart | 9.50±1.03 | 8.78±1.75 | 0.71±1.44 | 6.65 |
6.84 | 2 | LH | |
Patient safety | 23. Pressure sore | 9.92±0.30 | 9.44±1.11 | 0.48±1.07 | 5.96 |
4.76 | 12 | HH |
24. Fall | 9.93±0.27 | 9.52±0.96 | 0.40±0.92 | 5.89 |
4.63 | 13 | HL | |
25. Medicine | 9.98±0.42 | 9.32±1.32 | 0.56±1.26 | 5.94 |
5.59 | 6 | HH |
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†Score of Borich=(Importance score–Knowledge)×mean of importance. A high score of Borich indicated a high infection prevention and control education need
‡The items located in the first quadrant in LfFM have high infection prevention educational needs
Abbreviations: LfFM, Locus for Focus Model; HH (Quadrant I), high discrepancy high importance; HL (Quadrant II), high discrepancy low importance; LL (Quadrant III), low discrepancy low importance; LH (Quadrant IV), low discrepancy high importance