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Correlation between the Preventive Behaviors on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and the Knowledge, Attitude, and Compliance of Medically Inclined College Students

보건계열 대학생의 중동호흡기증후군에 대한 지식, 태도 및 예방행위 실천도와의 관계

  • Received : 2017.06.07
  • Accepted : 2017.07.27
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the medically inclined college students' knowledge, attitude, and compliance on the preventive behaviors of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). A cross-sectional study was conducted on 251 medically inclined college students in Jeonju Kijeon College from June 8 to 13, 2015, using a scale on the knowledge and attitude toward MERS and a structured questionnaire. The t-test, analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. The participants consisted of 46.6% college students majoring in dental hygiene, 30.7% in clinical pathology, and 22.7% in emergency rescue, and 69.7% of them had been educated on MERS prevention. This study revealed that students who received MERS prevention training (t=3.457, p=0.001) and female students (t=-2.945, p=0.005) had more knowledge on MERS, while students from the dental hygiene department (F=8.048, p<0.001) and those in their third year (F=3.978, p=0.020) showed a more positive attitude toward MERS. Regarding the correlation between knowledge, attitude, fear of infection and compliance on the preventive behaviors, students were more knowledgeable (r=0.133, p=0.036), presented a more positive attitude (r=0.158, p=0.012) and had more fear of infection (r=0.312, p<0.001), were more likely to comply with the preventive measures. For an effective prevention of MERS, a newly found infectious disease, we suggest that medically inclined college students must improve their knowledge of and have a positive attitude toward MERS infection management at a medical institution in compliance with the MERS infection preventive behaviors. Furthermore, this study shows that an infection management education program should be developed, so that which students could learn about the causes, dissemination routes, and preventive methods of infectious diseases, including the newly discovered ones, prior to their clinical training at a medical institution.

본 연구는 보건계열 대학생의 메르스에 대한 지식, 태도 및 예방행위 실천도를 파악하고, 메르스 및 호흡기 감염예방과 교육을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 자료수집은 2015년 6월 8일부터 6월 13일까지 전주시 소재 일개대학교 보건계열 대학생 251명을 대상으로 설문조사하였다. 연구 대상자는 치위생과 46.6%, 임상병리과 30.7%, 응급구조과 22.7%로, 메르스 감염예방 교육은 69.7%가 받았다. 메르스에 대한 지식은 메르스 감염예방 교육을 받은 경우(t=3.457, p=0.001), 여학생이 높았으며(t=-2.945, p=0.005), 메르스에 대한 태도는 치위생과(F=8.048, p<0.001), 3학년 학생(F=3.978, p=0.020)이 높았다. 메르스에 관한 지식, 태도 및 예방행위 실천도, 감염에 대한 두려움간의 상관관계는 지식(r=0.133, p=0.036)이 높고, 태도(r=0.158, p=0.012)가 긍정적이고, 감염에 대한 두려움(r=0.312, p<0.001)이 높을수록 예방행위 실천도가 높았다. 이상의 연구결과를 종합해볼 때 보건계열 대학생이 신종감염병인 메르스 감염을 예방하기 위해서는 메르스에 관한 지식을 향상시키고, 의료기관에서 메르스 감염관리에 대해 긍정적인 태도를 갖도록 하여 메르스 감염 예방행위를 실천할 수 있도록 해야할 것이다. 또한 의료기관 임상실습 전 신종감염병을 포함한 감염병에 대한 감염원인, 전파 기전, 예방법 등의 감염관리 교육 프로그램을 구체적으로 개발하여야 할 것이다.

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