Hand hygiene status of residents living in Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province / 中华健康管理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the hand hygiene status of urban and rural residents in Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province to provide scientific base for health promotion.Methods Urban residents,rural residents,personnel in government institutions,urban students,rural students and enterprise workers were enrolled in this investigation.By using constant volume sampling method,fifty individuals in each group were recruited from 13 districts of Hangzhou City,and a total of 3 337 people filled in the questionnaire,which included demographic characteristics,knowledge of hand hygiene and hand washing.Logistic regression analysis and x2 test were used for data analysis.Results Correct hand-washing was found in 35.84％ urban and rural residents (urban vs.rural41.45％ vs.27.06％).Awareness rate of hand hygiene was 35.06％.The influencing factors of proper hand washing were location,gender,age,educational level and understanding of hand hygiene.The influencing factors of awareness of hand hygiene were location,gender,age and educational level.Conclusion Hangzhou citizens had a relatively lower rate of proper hand washing,and significant difference was found between urban and rural residents; the study suggested that para-urben residents need to improve their knowledge and behavior of hand hygiene.Meanwhile,the students urgenty need to improve their hand hygiene