SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION:
Patients hospitalized for
treatment may be exposed to
healthcare-associated
infections, and these
infections can
affect patients seriously.
OBJECTIVE:
This
research was conducted to determine what hospitalized
patients know and what they want to know about
healthcare-associated
infections.
METHODS:
This is a full-text original
research article. The study was conducted between July and September 2022 with
inpatients in all clinics of Kocaeli
University Hospital in
Turkey. A total of 310
patients participated in this
cross-sectional study. The questions were asked by the
researcher and the answers were recorded.
RESULTS:
Almost all (92.8%) the
patients who stated that they knew what
healthcare-associated
infection was evaluated their
knowledge as insufficient.
Patients with higher educational levels have more information (p=0.000) about
healthcare-associated
infections. Young (p=0.000) and highly educated
patients (p=0.000) stated that the
infection rate of the
hospital would
affect the choice of
hospital.
CONCLUSION:
Patients want to learn about
healthcare-associated
infections, but most do not know about them.
Patients should be informed about
healthcare-associated
infections during
hospitalization planning and
hospitalization.