High School Students’ Knowledge and Practice of Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette Following Education
AUTHORS
Minsun Song,Dept. of Nursing Science, Konyang University 158 KwanJeoDong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 302-718, KOREA
Namyoung Yang,Dept. of Nursing Science, Konyang University 158 KwanJeoDong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 302-718, KOREA
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate knowledge and practice level of respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette following education. A total of 264 questionnaires were collected adequately and analyzed using Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test and ANCOVA. Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette practice level was significantly higher in the educational experience group. No significant difference of respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette knowledge was observed between the educational experience group and non-experience group. Constant education needed to be developed to encourage the practice level of respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette followed by better droplet infection control.
KEYWORDS
Respiratory, Hygiene, Education, Knowledge, Practice
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