The Determinant Factors of Nurse Compliance in the Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Abstract

This study aims to see the determinants associated with compliance with the use of PPE. The research design used is a cross-sectional study. The results showed differences in the average value of knowledge, attitudes, motivation, supervision, and PPE standards/guidelines between nurses who obeyed using PPE and those who did not comply with using PPE. In conclusion, multiple logistic regression analysis shows that knowledge is the most influential variable in nurses' compliance with the use of PPE.
 
 Keywords: Personal Protective Equipment, Compliance, Nursing Services, Nurse

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“…Some authors have pointed out that health professionals’ adherence to hand hygiene and PPE use is a dynamic phenomenon determined by self-regulatory and social factors. Although our study did not explore the reasons for non-adherence, previous studies have found that health professionals’ beliefs about consequences, individual decision processes, knowledge of current guidelines, and environmental and context resources are the main reasons for non-adherence [ 20 , 21 ].…”