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A comparative investigation of infection control perception and performance of occupational therapists before and after the outbreak of COVID-19

COVID-19 발생 전후 작업치료사의 감염관리 인식 및 수행도 비교 조사

  • Joo, HoYeon (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Graduate School, Konyang University) ;
  • Cha, Tae-Hyun (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, College of Medical Sciences, Konyang University)
  • 주호연 (건양대학교 일반대학원 작업치료학과) ;
  • 차태현 (건양대학교 의과학대학 작업치료학과)
  • Received : 2021.12.29
  • Accepted : 2022.03.20
  • Published : 2022.03.28
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Abstract

This study surveyed 101 occupational therapists who were performing occupational therapy before and after the COVID-19 outbreak to compare their perceptions and performance of hand washing, use of personal protective equipment, and infection control of surrounding environment. Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal wallis H test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Pearson's correlation coefficient were used analyzed. As a result, it was confirmed that they received better infection control education after the outbreak compared to before the outbreak of COVID-19, and their experience with infectious diseases was lower. In addition, it was found that the perception and performance of infection control in hand washing, personal protective equipment, and surrounding environment cleaning were improved after the outbreak compared to before the outbreak of COVID-19. However, to this day, hand washing for more than 40 seconds in running water recommended by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cleaning the treatment room, and disinfection of treatment tools are still in need of improvement. Through this study, infection control education should be repeated regularly to minimize the occurrence of infectious diseases, and It will be a basic data that can be used in infection control education and follow-up studies for occupational therapists in the future.

본 연구는 COVID-19 발생 전후에 작업치료를 수행하고 있는 작업치료사 101명을 대상으로 손 씻기, 개인 보호 장비 사용, 주변 환경 정리의 감염관리에 대한 인식과 수행을 비교하고자 설문조사를 실시했으며, 맨-휘트니 U 검정(Mann-Whitney U test), 크루스칼-왈리스 H 검정(Kruskal-wallis H test), 윌콕슨 부호 순위 검정(Wilcoxon signed-rank test), 피어슨 상관분석(Pearson's correlation coefficient)을 사용해 분석하였다. 그 결과, COVID-19 발생 이전보다 발생 이후에 감염관리 교육을 더 잘 받았고 감염성 질환의 경험이 낮은 것으로 확인되었다. 또한, COVID-19 발생 이전보다 발생 이후에 손 씻기, 개인 보호장비 사용, 주변 환경정리에서의 감염관리에 대한 인식 및 수행이 향상된 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 현재까지도 질병관리청에서 권고하는 흐르는 물에서 40초 이상의 손 씻기와 치료실 청소 및 치료 도구의 소독은 개선이 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구를 통하여 감염성 질환의 발생을 최소화하기 위해 감염관리 교육을 정기적으로 반복해야 하며, 향후 작업치료사를 대상으로 하는 감염관리 교육 및 후속 연구에서 활용할 수 있는 기초자료가 될 수 있을 것이다.

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