Study: What factors influence physician hand hygiene compliance?

A study, published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, identified behavioral factors — both barriers and enablers — that may impact physician hand hygiene compliance.

Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with a total of 42 staff physicians and residents in internal medicine and surgery at a hospital. The interviews were conducted using an interview guide that was based on the theoretical domains framework — a behavior change framework comprised of 14 theoretical domains that explain health-related change in behavior.

The study found that a total of 53 specific beliefs from nine theoretical domains were relevant to physician hand hygiene compliance.

The domains were:

•    Knowledge
•    Skills
•    Beliefs about capabilities
•    Beliefs about consequences
•    Goals
•    Memory, attention and decision processes
•    Environmental context and resources
•    Social professional role and identity
•    Social influences

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