Tab. III.
Comparison between medical and nursing students in dimensions of hand hygiene behavioral intention before/after patient contact, knowledge, and attitudes.
| Medicine (N = 657) |
Nursing (N = 303) |
T | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | |||
| Mean of the dimension formed by items on behavior intention before patient contact | 3.79 | 0.85 | 4.07 | 0.97 | -4.53 | < 0.001 |
| Mean of the dimension formed by items on behavior intention after patient contact | 4.00 | 0.90 | 4.38 | 0.94 | -5.96 | < 0.001 |
| Mean of the dimension formed by items on knowledge of hand hygiene | 4.49 | 0.71 | 4.78 | 0.69 | -5.91 | < 0.001 |
| Mean of the dimension formed by items on attitude towards hand hygiene | 2.66 | 0.46 | 3.24 | 0.98 | -8.65 | < 0.001 |