Motivation and Administrative Factors Affecting the Standard Infection Control of Dental Health Personnel at Sub-District Health Promoting Hospitals in Buriram Province

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study motivation and administrative factors affecting the standard infection control of dental health officers at sub-district health promoting hospitals in Buriram province, Thailand. Quantitative data were conducted with the population of 127 personnel. Quantitative data were collected using questionnaires evaluated by three experts yielding item-objective congruence (IOC) over 0.50 in all questions and Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.98. Qualitative data were collected using in-depth interview guidelines from 12 key informants who could provide intensive information on this topic. The data collection was conducted between 1^st to 31^st May 2021. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics at a significant level at 0.05.

The results showed that the overall motivation factors and the standard infection control of dental health officers at sub-district health promoting hospitals in Buriram province were at a high level with average scores of 3.66 (SD=0.62) and 4.40 (SD= 0.48) respectively. The overall administrative factors were at a moderate level with an average of 3.49 (SD=0.57). Motivation and administrative factors had moderate correlations to the standard infection control of dental health officers at sub-district health promoting hospitals in Buriram province (r=0. 468, p-value<0.001) and (r=0.337, p-value<0.001)ม respectively. The results also showed that two variables of hygiene factors, supervision technical and job security significantly affected and could jointly predict the standard infection control of dental health officers at sub-district health promoting hospitals in Buriram province about 34.7 percentage (R²=0.347, p-value<0.001).