Morii, D., Miura, A.（三浦麻子）, & Komori, M. (2023). The impact of television on-air time on hand hygiene compliance behaviors during COVID-19 outbreak. 新型コロナウイルス感染禍における手指消毒遵守に及ぼすテレビ報道時間の効果 American Journal of Infection Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.03.001
Background
There is limited data to support the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hand hygiene compliance among hospital visitors.
Methods
We monitored hand hygiene compliance among university hospital visitors in Osaka, Japan by direct observation, from December 2019 to March 2022. During this time, we measured the amount of coverage time dedicated to COVID-19 related news on the local public television channel and the number of confirmed cases and deaths.
Results
Over 148 days, 111,071 visitors hand hygiene compliance was monitored. The baseline compliance was 5.3% (213 of 4026) in December 2019. From late January 2020, compliance rose significantly to almost 70% in August 2020. It remained at a level of 70% to 75% until October 2021, after which, the compliance slowly declined to the mid-60% range. The number of newly confirmed cases and deaths were not related to the change in compliance, but the association between the on-air time of COVID-19-related news and compliance was statistically significant.
Conclusions
Hand hygiene compliance dramatically increased following the COVID-19 pandemic. The role of television in increasing hand hygiene compliance was significant.
・2019年12月～2022年3月末の大阪大学附属病院来院者の手指衛生実施状況を観察し、新型コロナウイルス感染症禍による急増（5%→70％）を確認。その後漸減するもコロナ禍以前より圧倒的に高い割合を維持。
・新型コロナの新規感染者数および死亡者数の推移は、手指衛生実施率の変遷と無関係。
・新型コロナ関連ニュースのテレビ放送時間が、手指衛生実施率の変遷と関連。