Publication: Adherence to infection prevention and control guidelines among nurses in Thika level 5 hospital, Kiambu county, Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Nyaga, Atanasio | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-25T06:44:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-25T06:44:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Hospital acquired infections (Nosocomial) refer to when a patient gets an infection within the healthcare facility which was not the primary reason for admission. The commonest modes of transmission are body contact, airborne and droplet. The study sought to determine factors influencing compliance to infection prevention and control guidelines among nurses in Thika level 5 Hospital . A cross-sectional analytical design was adopted. It utilized self- administered questionnaire for data collection among nurses working at Thika level 5 Hospital, the regional referral hospital. Data was presented using percentages for quantitative data, Frequency distribution tables and histograms. The significance statistical association between independent and dependent variables was determined by use of Chi –Square statistics. The relationship between the dependent and independent variables to control confounding bias was determined by multivariate regression analysis. The significance statistical association between independent and dependent variables was determined by use of Chi –Square statistics. A total of 110 questionnaires were distributed to the participants according to the calculated sample size. a response rate of at least 50% was adequate for data analysis, in a descriptive cross- sectional kind of study. majority of the participants were female, representing 87.5% (n=56), while males were 12.5% (n=8). Majority of the participants were married i.e. 68.8% (n=44), 25% (n=16) were single, 1.6% (n=1) were divorced and 4.7% (n=3) were widowed. Regarding the professional qualifications of the participants, majority were diploma holders, which represented 78.1% (n=50), further shows that, majority of the participants (78.1%, n=50), had trained in government institutions, 17.2% (n=11). The participants were working in different departments at the time of data collection whereby18.8% (n=12) were in maternity department. There was a weak association between gender of the participants, and compliance to IPC guidelines at Cramers V of 0.025, and a negative Pearson’s correlation, r (62) =-.09, p=.481. The male participants were 0.946 times more likely to have good compliance compared to their female counterparts (OR=0.946, CI [0.536-1.670]). However, these results were not statistically significant at χ 2 (1, N=64) =0.040, p=0.842. Results of the Spearman correlation indicated that, there was a positive association between ages of the participants and compliance to IPC guidelines, r (62) = 0.19, p=0.126. Nonetheless, chi squared tests found no statistically significant association between ages of participants and compliance to IPC guidelines at χ 2 (3, N=64) =7.836, p=0.076. Marital status and the departments where participants worked were significant influencers of compliance to IPC guidelines. The study found that the availability of IPC supplies significantly affected compliance to IPC guidelines The findings shall be useful to public health stakeholders in formulating policies to promote compliance to infection prevention and control policies. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://erepository.mku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/7031 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Mount Kenya University | |
| dc.subject | Nosocomial | |
| dc.subject | Chi –Square | |
| dc.subject | qualifications | |
| dc.subject | public health | |
| dc.title | Adherence to infection prevention and control guidelines among nurses in Thika level 5 hospital, Kiambu county, Kenya | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |