Tab. IV.

Comparison between students who reported previous specific training in hand hygiene and those did not in dimensions of behavior intention before/after patient contact, knowledge, and attitudes.

	With training (n = 712)		Without training (n = 247)
	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation	T-student	p value
Mean of the dimension formed by items on behavior intention before patient contact	4.00	0.89	3.64	0.86	5.17	< 0.001
Mean of the dimension formed by the items on behavior intention after patient contact	4.24	0.92	3.88	0.92	4.63	< 0.001
Mean of the dimension formed by items on knowledge of hand hygiene	4.65	0.71	4.40	0.70	4.65	< 0.001
Mean of the dimension formed by items on attitude towards hand hygiene	2.90	0.99	2.68	0.86	3.01	< 0.005