Investigation of infection awareness of physical therapy students

Abstract

Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of infection by physical therapy students before and after practice. The exposure to the hospital infection at the medical institution is a health problem that should be treated with the patient infected not only in the health care of each employee but also in the fact that the personnel engaged in the medical institution can become the infectious agent of the patient as the infectious agent. There have been few researches on infection control in physical therapy students, physical therapists and physical therapy rooms who meet patients for a relatively long period of time or who have a lot of physical contact. Methods/Statistical Analysis:It surveyed the questionnaire to 4-year physiotherapists, who have gone to practice and who have not gone to practice to find the infection awareness before and after the practice. After the questionnaire was collected, questionnaires about students ‘awareness of infection and questionnaires after students’ practice were divided and classified. Based on the data, we analyzed and recognized the level of awareness of infection control students in physical therapy. For the research tool, the questionnaire items for this paper were prepared with reference to the Infection Control Guidelines of the Korean Hospital Infection Control Association and the previous questionnaire. Likert scale was used to measure the same level of awareness and the higher the score, the higher the awareness score. Findings: There was an increase in the level of awareness of the subjects who responded to the questionnaire before and after the practice, but there was no significant difference in the overall level of awareness. Improvements/Applications: It is necessary to study repeatedly for various physical therapy students and additional training is needed to improve the awareness of physical therapy students about hospital infection control.