KMID : 0357220220340060304
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Journal of Korean Society Physical Therapy 2022 Volume.34 No. 6 p.304 ~ p.311
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Factors Influencing the COVID-19 Infection Control Practice of Physical Therapists
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Lee Jang-Mi
Shon Chang-Woo
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, awareness and performance of COVID-19 infection control among physical therapists and to identify the impact factors on performance
Methods: Data were collected from March 16th to March 24th in 2022 from the physical therapist¡¯s in Busan. Data analysis was conducted on 170 surveys, after excluding 27 surveys that were found to be unsuitable for data analysis.
Results: When correlating the study variables, knowledge and awareness were found to have a positive, meaningful correlation with performance. Performance of COVID-19 personal infection control regression analysis showed that the working department (clinic and long-term care hospital), clinical experience, the more knowledgeable, the awareness (personal), and the more clinical experience had significant positive impacts on the performance of COVID-19 infection control. Performance of COVID-19 treatment room infection control regression analysis showed that the working department (long-term care hospital), educational experience, the awareness (treatment room) had significant positive impacts on the performance of COVID-19 infection control
Conclusion: The results of this study may be used as basic data for educating physical therapist¡¯s working at the COVID-19 response department. This study suggests that physical therapist¡¯s need educational programs to improve their knowledge and awareness and performance of infection control against infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Differentiated physical therapists practice education curricula must be developed and provided after understanding the varying characteristic of physical therapist¡¯s with different levels of work experience.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Infectious disease knowledge, Infectious disease awareness, Infection control practice, Physical therapist
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