Factors Affecting Infection Control Performance of School Health Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea

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Table 1 Differences in Infection Control Performance According to Participants’ General and Job-Related Characteristics

Variables		Characteristics	n (%)	Mean±SD	t/F	P (Scheffe)
Age, years		Total	130(100.0)	45.22±9.64
		≤40	44 (33.8)	3.90±.22	1.56	0.214
		41–50	36 (27.7)	3.94±.18
		≥51	50 (38.5)	3.96±.09
Final education		Bachelor’s degree or lower	108 (83.1)	3.93±.18	−0.48	0.634
		Master’s degree or higher	22 (16.9)	3.95±.09
Teaching experience, years		Total	130(100.0)	13.09±10.26
		<10 years	59 (45.4)	3.91±.20	2.21	0.114
		10–19 years	28 (21.5)	3.91±.20
		≥ 20 years	43 (33.1)	3.97±.06
Nursing (clinical) experience, years		Total	130(100.0)	5.02±5.40
		None	31 (23.8)	3.98±.04	2.46	0.066
		<5 years	37 (28.5)	3.88±.24
		5–9 years	41 (31.5)	3.95±.08
		≥ 10 years	21 (16.2)	3.92±.22
Urban		Urban	24 (18.5)	3.86±.28	2.98	0.054
		Rural	68 (52.3)	3.94±.15
		Unable to classify	38 (29.2)	3.95±.08
Health classes in school		Yes	94 (72.3)	3.92±.19	−1.53	0.128
		No	36 (27.7)	3.97±.07
Experience transferring students/staff to screening centers		Yes	26 (20.0)	3.88±.20	−1.72	0.089
		No	104 (80.0)	3.94±.16
Confirmed cases in school		Yes	14 (10.8)	3.88±.26	−1.34	0.183
		No	116 (89.2)	3.94±.15
Health status self-diagnosis work		Yes	102 (78.5)	3.93±.16	−0.43	0.669
		No	28 (21.5)	3.94±.19
Level of COVID-19 infection control in schools perceived by health teachers		Below average^a	5 (3.9)	3.83±.29	9.04	<0.001
		Average^b	28 (21.5)	3.95±.08		(b, c>a)
		Above average^c	67 (74.6)	3.99±.04
Effective measures to prevent infectious diseases	Systematic health classes	No	113(86.9)	3.92±.18	−1.30	0.197
		Yes	17(13.1)	3.98±.05
	WS	No	24(18.5)	3.93±.09	0.08	0.933
		Yes	106(81.5)	3.93±.18
	Student vaccination management	No	99(76.2)	3.93±.19	−0.56	0.574
		Yes	31(23.8)	3.95±.08
	RM	No	109(83.8)	3.94±.15	0.91	0.362
		Yes	21(16.2)	3.90±.24
	EID	No	88(67.7)	3.94±.16	1.16	0.248
		Yes	42(32.3)	3.91±.18

Abbreviations: WS, Washing facilities and supplies, thorough preventive measures by schools, and individual quarantine; RM, Reporting infectious disease outbreaks and epidemic monitoring for patient statistics analysis; EID, Establishing infectious disease countermeasures at metropolitan and provincial offices of education and developing response systems.

Table 2 COVID-19 Knowledge, Infection Control Attitude, Job Stress, School Organizational Culture, and COVID-19 Infection Control Performance

Variables	Range	Min	Max	Mean±SD	Grade Point
					Average±SD
Knowledge of COVID-19	0–23	12	19	15.57±1.36	0.68±0.06
Infection control attitude	10–50	30	50	45.27±4.12	4.53±0.41
Job stress	15–75	22	69	45.61±11.46	3.04±0.76
School organizational culture	9–45	19	45	37.42±5.86	4.16±0.65
COVID-19 infection control performance	12–48	36	48	47.18±2.01	3.93±0.17

Table 3 Correlations Between Study Variables

Variables	Knowledge of COVID-19	Infection Control Attitude	Job Stress	School Organizational Culture	COVID-19 Infection Control Performance
Knowledge of COVID-19	1
Infection control attitude	0.11 (0.223)	1
Job stress	0.11 (0.206)	−0.14 (0.101)	1
School organizational culture	−0.12 (0.176)	0.46 (<.001)	−0.59 (<.001)	1
COVID-19 infection control performance	0.12 (0.188)	0.38 (<.001)	−0.34 (<.001)	0.42 (<.001)	1

Table 4 Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression Analysis of Variables Associated with COVID-19 Infection Control Performance

Step	Independent Variable	B	SE	β	t	p	R^2	Adj- R^2
1	(Constants)	3.83	0.03		139.45	<0.001	0.125	0.111
	Level of COVID-19 infection control
	Below Average(reference)
	Average	0.12	0.03	0.36	3.59	<0.001
	Above average	0.16	0.04	0.39	3.90	<0.001
2	(Constants)	3.14	0.22		14.19	<0.001	0.293	0.258
	Level of COVID-19 infection control
	Below Average(reference)
	Average	0.08	0.03	0.25	2.41	0.018
	Above average	0.07	0.05	0.17	1.41	0.160
	Knowledge of COVID-19	0.42	0.22	0.15	1.87	0.063
	Infection control attitude	0.11	0.04	0.26	2.94	0.004
	School organizational culture	0.03	0.03	0.10	0.84	0.402
	Job stress	−0.04	0.02	−0.20	−2.11	0.037

Abbreviations: SE, standard error; Adj, adjusted.