Knowledge, Attitude And Compliance Of Health Workers In Handwashing During The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Background: This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes, as well as the level of compliance in washing hands at five moments for health workers.
Methods: This research uses quantitative research methods with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique used cluster sampling with a total sample of 106 health workers. The instruments used in this study were a knowledge questionnaire, an attitude questionnaire, and a hand hygiene audit observation sheet containing a checklist table of five moments of hand washing adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Chi-square test was used to analyze the relationship between variables.
Results: The results of the knowledge of health workers are good for as many as 32 people (29.1%), enough for as many as 50 people (45.5%), and less than as many as 28 people (25.5%), while the attitude shown supports (100%) all efforts to reduce health problems. There is a relationship between knowledge and the attitude of health workers in washing hands at 5 moments and 6 steps by getting a value of p = 0.000 (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Most health workers have the knowledge, attitude, and compliance to do good hand washing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and these factors are interrelated.
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