评估日本老年人日托中心的手洗手剂使用情况:一项观察和干预研究
Masaki Takebayashi1,2, Yudai Kaneda3, Mira Namba4
1Sociology, Aomori University, Aomori, JPN.
Cureus
|November 13, 2023
概括
在日本的日托中心,推广手部卫生的推动力并没有显著增加老年人中消毒剂的使用. 需要量身定制的干预措施来改善对手部卫生的遵守,并预防该群体的传染病.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 预防传染病 预防传染病
背景情况:
- 手部卫生对于预防COVID-19等感染至关重要,尤其是在老年人中.
- 有效的干预措施,以促进老年人群的手部卫生,特别是在托儿所,需要进一步的研究.
- 以前的研究表明, nudges 可以影响行为,但它们对老年人的有效性需要验证.
研究的目的:
- 评估基于推动的干预措施在日本日托中心的老年人中促进手部卫生的有效性.
- 为了确定特定的视觉线索或对机构安全的呼吁是否显著增加了手洗手剂的使用.
- 确定改善老年人遵守手部卫生的有效策略,以防止传染病的传播.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及三组 (控制,提醒推动,机构安全推动) 的研究在日本日托中心进行.
- 在一周的干预期内测量了手洗手剂的使用情况,将基线使用情况与干预后的使用情况进行比较.
- 使用统计分析,包括单向ANOVA,来评估不同干预措施对消毒剂使用的影响.
主要成果:
- 虽然所有组在干预期间都显示了手部消毒剂使用的增加,但对照组,提醒组和机构安全组之间没有发现统计学上显著的差异.
- "提醒"组显示出最高的倍增 (1.31倍),其次是"机构安全" (1.16倍) 和"控制" (1.13倍),但这些差异并不显著.
- 在所有设施的观察期间,每人平均使用手洗剂的数量仍然很低 (0.39).
结论:
- 即使基于世卫组织指导方针的推动干预措施,也没有显著提高日本日托中心中老年人的手部卫生实践.
- 研究结果强调,需要开发和测试更多个性化或量身定制的干预措施,以有效地促进老年人群的手部卫生.
- 在日托机构改善手部卫生对于预防易受感染的老年人感染传染病的传播至关重要.
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