Evaluation of an ethical method aimed at improving hygiene rules compliance in dental practice - 28/05/16
, Marion Strub a, b, Christelle Rebert a, b, Anne-Marie Musset a, bHighlights |
• | Hygiene rules compliance can be improved by ethical methods. |
• | An effective thought experiment in ethics can be implemented in an academic context. |
• | Forgetfulness and lack of time are the main reasons of minor hygiene compliance. |
Abstract |
Background |
The objective of this study is to determine the efficiency of an ethical method, based on a thought experiment in ethics, on hygiene rules compliance for dental health care team members.
Methods |
This is a prospective study that assesses hygiene compliance in dental practice before and after a thought experiment in ethics, using 2 questionnaires. Participants included 130 clinician students in dentistry at Strasbourg University Hospital, France.
Results |
The results emphasize a better implementation of hygiene rules after the thought experiment in ethics, when comparing the relative frequencies of completed hygiene items. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test shows significant differences between the first questionnaire and the second one after the thought experiment in ethics (P < .001).
Conclusions |
This ethical method provides efficiency on hygiene rules compliance, which makes it beneficial to implement. However, far from being an absolute unit method, this thought experiment in ethics appears to be an original, supplemental, and complementary method.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Hygiene rules compliance, ethics, prospective observational study, medical team, dentistry
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| Conflicts of interest: None to report. |
Vol 44 - N° 6
P. 666-670 - juin 2016 Retour au numéro
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