Duration or technique to improve the effectiveness of children' hand hygiene: A randomized controlled trial - 22/10/21
, Sümbüle Köksoy VayısoğluHighlights |
• | The handwashing practice is crucial for preventing the infection diseases. |
• | There isn't basic hand washing procedure developed specifically for children. |
• | The duration-based procedure has limited effect for hand hygenia efficiency. |
• | Multi-stage hand hygiene training can prevent the omitted areas of the hands. |
• | Multi-stage handwashing technique should be included in training program for children. |
Résumé |
Background |
How to wash hands is as important as when and how often to wash hands for acquiring proper hand hygiene habits.
Methods |
The study aimed to compare the effect of education based on technique or duration for developing children's handwashing skills. The double-blind randomized controlled study was conducted in a primary school between the 10th and 28th of December, 2018 with 155 children who were divided into Group-I, Group-II, and Control groups. One group was taught by a multi-stage technique, the other was by duration-based teaching, and the control group was provided with usual training. Handwashing efficacy was assessed by variance analysis on fluorescent residue after using glo-germ.
Results |
The students' mean age was 9.74 ± 0.69 years, 53.6% of them were girls. Effective handwashing was highest in the Group-I. There was a difference between Group-I and Group-II, and Group-I and Control group in terms of hand cleanness. The frequently missed areas when cleaning hands were palmar surface, dorsal metacarpal area, and fingertips.
Conclusions |
Teaching hand hygiene to children by multi-step technique may increase the handwashing effectiveness. Conducting comparative studies with new techniques including fewer stages is recommended.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Handwashing effectiveness, Primary school students, Handwashing procedure, Hand hygiene
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| Conflicts of interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. |
Vol 49 - N° 11
P. 1395-1401 - novembre 2021 Retour au numéro
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