The Hawthorne Effect in Infection Prevention and Epidemiology

The Hawthorne Effect is a prevalent observer effect that causes behavioral changes among participants of epidemiological studies or infection control interventions. The purpose of the review is to describe the origins of the Hawthorne Effect, to understand the term in relation to current scientific...

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Published inInfection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 36; no. 12; pp. 1444 - 1450
Main Authors Chen, Luke F., Vander Weg, Mark W., Hofmann, David A., Reisinger, Heather Schacht
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cambridge University Press 01.12.2015
Subjects
Behavior
Bias
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases - transmission
Disease control
Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic
Epidemiology
Hand Disinfection
Health Behavior
Humans
Hygiene
Infection Control - methods
Infections
Observational Studies as Topic
Patient safety
Placebo effect
Productivity
Research Subjects - psychology
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Summary:The Hawthorne Effect is a prevalent observer effect that causes behavioral changes among participants of epidemiological studies or infection control interventions. The purpose of the review is to describe the origins of the Hawthorne Effect, to understand the term in relation to current scientific literature, to describe characteristics of the Hawthorne effect, and to discuss methods to quantify and overcome limitations associated with the Hawthorne Effect. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(12):1444–1450
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ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2015.216