Predication of Compliance to Standard Precautions among Nurses in Educational Hospitals inZahedan Based on Health Belief Model

Abstract

BaCkgRound and oBjeCtIVe:StandaRd pReCautIons aRe a pRopeR stRategy foR pReVentIon of oCCupatIonal dIseases among nuRses. The study was aImed to InVestIgate the applICatIon of StandaRd pReCautIons foR pReVentIon of tRansmIssIon of hepatItIs B and C and HIV In eduCatIonal hospItals. MateRIals and methods:In thIs CRoss-seCtIonal study 218 nuRses, 174 female and 44 male, of two eduCatIonal hospItals In Zahedan, IRan uses multI-stages samplIng method weRe studIed. A polyChotomy standaRd questIonnaIRe InCludIng demogRaphIC questIons and health BelIef model ConstRuCts weRe used to gatheR the data. The paRtICIpants Responded to questIons VIa self-RepoRt method. ThRough SPSS 16 and usIng desCRIptIVe (peRCentage, Mean) and analytICal (paIRed T test, Independent T test, PeaRson CoRRelatIon CoeffICIent , and lIneaR RegRessIon CoeffICIent) statIstICs the data weRe analyzed. Results: The mean age of the pReCIpItants was 31.73±6.28.Only 27.7% of nuRses had a good leVel of knowledge and 23.9, 63.3 and 13.8% of them had good, aVeRage and weak leVel of pRaCtICe, RespeCtIVely. Also Results of LIneR RegRessIon showed that peRCeIVed BaRRIeR and self-effICaCy pRedICted the 23.5% of pRedICtIVe BehaVIoRs VaRIanCes. ConClusIon: Health BelIef Model Is a pRopeR fRamewoRk foR desIgnIng and ImplementIng the eduCatIonal InteRVentIons In pRomotIng the pRedICtIVe BehaVIoRs of HepatItIs and AIDS In hospItals. PapeR Type:ReseaRCh ARtICle.

Health Beliefs and Compliance of Standard Precautions of COVID-19 among Employed Nurses

“…A significant negative association was also observed between perceived barriers and health motivation. This finding is consistent with that of Masoudi et al study [17] . In another study, demographic background, knowledge of COVID-19, HBM constructs explained 58.1% of the variance in behavioral intention among nursing students [18] .…”

“…When not taken seriously, the threat of disease reduces people's motivation to take protective measures and their superficial assessment of the effectiveness of the recommended strategies. This finding was consistent with the results of some studies [17,26] . In the study of Tsai et al, there was a significant relationship between perceived susceptibility and perceived severity with behavioral intention to prevent COVID-19 [18] .…”

“…That is, nurses who are perceived to follow the principles of SPs are more likely to apply the principles of protection. The findings of the present were consistent with other studies [17] . In the present study, benefits were significantly associated with health motivation.…”

“…Seen in several studies is the status of SPs among health care workers and nurses having been reported to be poor [9,13,16] . Also, the effect of factors such as perceived barriers, knowledge of SPs, health beliefs on the standard of care of health care workers, including nurses, has been emphasized [9,12,17] . Tsai et al reported that knowledge of COVID-19 and the health belief model (HBM) constructs improved behavioral intention to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among nursing students [18] .…”

Effect of education based on health belief model on observation of standard precautions by dental students in Rafsanjan in 2019

“…study in Zahedan, which showed no significant relationship between performance and perceived benefits in relation to the prevention of hepatitis B and C and AIDS. [ 30 ] One of the reasons for such discrepancy might be differences in the study population, the type of educational intervention, and the educational method to present the subject matter, which result in an increase in perceived benefits in relation to the observation of SPs.…”