Measuring the Self-Efficacy of Health Professionals in Hand Hygiene and Glove Usage during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Brazilian Multicenter Observational Survey-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Measuring the Self-Efficacy of Health Professionals in Hand Hygiene and Glove Usage during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Brazilian Multicenter Observational Survey

Published:2023-11-01 Issue:4 Volume:3 Page:416-427
ISSN:2673-947X
Container-title:Hygiene
language:en
Short-container-title:Hygiene

Author:

Cruz Tatiana Areas da¹,Santos André Pereira dos¹^ORCID,Cordeiro Jéssica Fernanda Corrêa²,Cordeiro Daniella Corrêa²,Gomes Ludmila Albano de Felice²,Oliveira Viviane de Cássia¹³^ORCID,Pereira Eliana Borges Silva⁴,Silva Andréa Mara Bernardes da⁵,Ribeiro Adriana Barbosa³^ORCID,Silva Cláudia Helena Lovato da³^ORCID,Andrade Denise de¹,Watanabe Evandro¹³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Human Exposome and Infectious Diseases Network (HEID), Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-902, Brazil

2. Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-902, Brazil

3. Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-904, Brazil

4. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia 38405-320, Brazil

5. Faculty of Nursing of Federal, University of Uberlândia, Uberlância 38405-320, Brazil

Abstract

In social cognitive theory, self-efficacy refers to the belief of a person in their own capacity to successfully perform certain tasks or behaviors. This study measured the self-efficacy of health professionals in hand hygiene (HH) and glove usage (GU) during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was an observational Brazilian multicenter study with a cross-sectional design with an online application of an instrument measuring the self-efficacy of health professionals in HH and GU. Health professionals (n = 193) participated in this study: 96 (49.7%) were nursing professionals, 38 (20.2%) were dental professionals, 21 (10.9%) were physicians, 10 (5.2%) were pharmacists, and 27 (14.0%) were other health professionals. Regarding the instrument applied, the maximum score (100 points) was achieved by 167 (86.5%) participants on Question 2 (confidence in regular routine behaviors), and the lowest scores achieved were 0, 10, 30, 40, and 50 points, referring to 18 (9.3%) participants, on Question 14 (the influence of management’s conduct related to practices). A total of 64.1% dental professionals, 57.1% of physicians, 39.6% of nurses, 20.0% of pharmacists, and 55.6% of other health professionals were classified as having self-efficacy. There was only a significant association between being a dental professional and having self-efficacy regarding HH and GU during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to other health professional categories.

Funder

the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brazil

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2673-947X/3/4/31/pdf

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