Validity of self-reported compliance and behavioural determinants of observed compliance:an application of the COM-B hand hygiene questionnaire in nine Dutch hospitals

Background: Hand hygiene compliance (HHC) can be influenced by behavioural determinants, but knowledge on this remains scarce. The Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) hand hygiene questionnaire was developed by Lydon et al. to gain insight into self-reported behavioural determinants and self-reported HHC. Aims: To determine the validity of self-reported HHC using the COM-B questionnaire; and investigate the influence of self-reported behavioural determinants on observed HHC, taking environmental determinants into account. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, from Septem... Mehr ...