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Development Of A Questionnaire To Evaluate The Attitudes Towards Home Health Visits In Applied Thai Traditional Medical Students: A Pilot Study, Sarunthorn Puttipaibool, Athippat Tantiwongsekunakorn, Kaittiyos Kuldejchaichan, Sukree Kade, Sirikan Poopong, Photnicha Jaturapat, Sasima Tongsai, Suprapath Sonjaipanich, Pravit Akarasereenont

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Background: Home health visits (HHV) are the new duty and development of students of applied Thai traditional medicine (ATM). We performed to develop a measuring instrument to ensure that students have positive attitudes to HHV. Objective: To develop a reliable and valid questionnaire for evaluating attitudes regarding home health visits among ATM students. Methods: There are 28 items in creating the questionnaire which is supposed to be used to assess attitudes toward HHV in four areas, including those related to the practice in HHV, the role of ATM practitioners, relationship with patients and patient’s relatives, and collaboration with the multidisciplinary …

Improving Knowledge, Attitude, And Compliance Of Hand Hygiene Of Iranian Healthcare Workers: A Pilot Study Using Reminder Card, Zahra Chegini, Ifeoluwapo Kolawole, Prashant Singh, Farzaneh Alikhah, Yalda Rasti, Zahra Motazedi

Journal of Health Research

Background: Compliance rate of hand hygiene practice by healthcare workers has been observed to be universally low despite its importance, simplicity and cost-effectiveness in preventing the spread of infectious diseases in the healthcare settings. This study aimed to improve healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and compliance with hand hygiene by using reminder cards displayed by patients.

Method: This before-after interventional study was carried out in 2019 among healthcare workers of a hospital in Tabriz, Iran. The intervention was a ‘Reminder Card’ showed by patients to remind healthcare workers to clean their hands. Participants' knowledge and attitude about hand hygiene and …