A behavioural change package to prevent hand dermatitis in nurses working in the national health service (the SCIN trial): Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Madan, Ira ^a   Parsons, Vaughan ^b   Cookson, Barry ^c   English, John ^d   Lavender, Tina ^e   McCrone, Paul ^b   Murphy, Caroline ^b   Ntani, Georgia ^f   Rushton, Lesley ^g   Smedley, Julia ^h   Williams, Hywel ⁱ   Wright, Alison ^b   Coggon, David ^f  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural change; Dermatitis; Intervention; Moisturiser; Nurses; Occupational health; Prevention; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DERMATITIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HAND DERMATOSES; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

SKIN CREAM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING; HAND DERMATOSES; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKIN CREAM; STATE MEDICINE; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84961738610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1255-y     Document Type: Article

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