A Survey Report on Hand Hygiene Practices in Gondi Villagers of Western Maharashtra, India: A Statistical Approach

[5, 6] In efforts to prevent such detrimental outcomes and improve patient safety within the healthcare setting, hand hygiene has become the primary area of focus in a wide range of initiatives such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hand hygiene guidelines, and the World Health Organ...

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Published inJournal of pharmaceutical sciences and research Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 2259 - 2262
Main Authors Mane, Dhirajkumar, Alate, Mahendra, Kakade, Satish V, Patel, Rais
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cuddalore Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research 01.06.2019
Subjects
Alcohol
Disease control
Education
Families & family life
Hands
Hygiene
Infections
Infectious diseases
Medical research
Medical screening
National service
Population
Public health
Quality of life
Rural areas
Sanitation
Studies
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Summary:[5, 6] In efforts to prevent such detrimental outcomes and improve patient safety within the healthcare setting, hand hygiene has become the primary area of focus in a wide range of initiatives such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hand hygiene guidelines, and the World Health Organization 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene. The data were analyzed using SPSS (Statistical packages for social sciences) 20.0, IBM Ltd., INDIA software package to compare data sets chi-square test and independent t-test was used and P<0.05 was considered statistically significant also frequency distribution (frequency and percentage) was done by using descriptive analysis. Association of hand hygiene practice with socio-demographic characteristics using "/-test" showed statistically significant difference in scores (P, 0.05) among age, gender and marital status where the practice score was higher among the age group 41-60 years (40.72), married (40.67) and graduates (40.36). the association of hand hygiene practice and socio-demographic variables using ANOVA (one-way analysis of variance test) showed that the mean score changes with category, which is statistically significant (P<0.05) but this study revealed that small variation in the practice score among family income, family status and education but statistically, it was not a significant (Because P>0.05) (Table 3). Conclusion: The present study concludes that hand hygiene practice is an effective measure towards the infectious diseases such as diarrhea, worms, acidity, stomach problems etc which may generate severe illness also during later stage. Because of hand hygiene is very simple activity, inexpensive and effective so it's important to be aware about knowledge and practices regarding hand hygiene of the villagers.
ISSN:0975-1459