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This article was originally published as: Development of a questionnaire to assess health care students\u2019 hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abstract<\/h2>\n

Objective: To determine the reliability and validity of a hand hygiene questionnaire (HHQ) developed to examine health care students\u2019 hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices.
\nDesign: Pilot testing of the HHQ.
\nSetting: Undergraduate students of nursing undergoing university education. 
\nSubjects: The HHQ was administered to 14 student nurse volunteers in the final year of their undergraduate degree and to another 45 volunteers following revision.
\nMain outcome measures: Main outcomes measures were test\u2011retest coefficients, Cronbach\u2019s alpha values and mean inter\u2011item correlations of the scale items.
\nResults: The face validity of the HHQ was high. Cronbach\u2019s alpha values of 0.80, 0.74 and 0.77 were obtained for the Hand Hygiene Beliefs scale (HBS), the Hand Hygiene Practices Inventory (HHPI), and the Hand Hygiene Importance Scale (HIS) following removalof items with low item\u2011to\u2011total correlations or zero variance. The mean item\u2011to\u2011total correlations of the HBS, HHPI and IS were 0.37, 0.33, and 0.61 respectively. The two\u2011week test\u2011retest coefficients for each scale were 0.85, 0.79 and 0.89 respectively. Socially desirable responding was identified in participants\u2019 responses to the HBS using the 11\u2011item short form of the Marlowe\u2011Crowne Social  desirability scale.
\nConclusions: The HHQ demonstrated adequate reliability and validity and should be further tested on a wider sample of health care students.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/h2>\n
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  • Thea van de Mortel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Keywords<\/h2>\n

    hand-hygiene, student, knowledge, beliefs, questionnaire, Marlowe-Crowne<\/p>\n

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