Correlates of Adherence to Infection Prevention and Control Practices (IPC) Among Healthcare Workers from Primary Healthcare Centers in Osun State, Nigeria (Published)
This quantitative based study examines Correlates of Adherence to Infection Prevention and Control Practices (IPC) among Healthcare Workers from Primary Healthcare Centers. Descriptive design was adopted for this study with a sample size of 124 health workers from urban and rural areas, selected across 3 Local Government Areas in the State, using multi-stage sampling techniques. Data collected using Pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire. Data was processed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 27. Analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, while hypotheses was tested using t-test at p-value of 0.05 or less. Results revealed that, majority of the respondents were within age group, 20-29 years (30.7%) and 50 years & above (37.1%) respectively. Also over a third (37.1%) had completed diploma, with about 10 years’ experience or over. Overall 44.5% of the total respondents have adequate knowledge of IPC. Also over half (54.4%) had more negative attitude towards IPC, while slightly over half (51.9%) of the respondents had more poor adherence to IPC. Hypotheses tested revealed that, there is a significant difference in the knowledge (t (123) =4.116; p=.000), attitude (t (123) =5.289; p=.000) and adherence (t(123)=4.481; p=.000) to IPC among healthcare workers in rural and Urban PHCs in Osun State. The study concluded that, there is knowledge deficit on IPC practices, while adherence and attitude towards IPC practice among majority health workers in both rural and urban PHCs violates the standard expectation from Healthcare professionals. These insights underscore the need for designing appropriate interventions and policy formulation towards implementation of existing promotional guidelines on IPC.
Keywords: Adherence, Knowledge, attitude, control practices, infection prevention