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ArticleBMC health services research2022

Communication openness and nosocomial infection reporting: the mediating role of team cohesion.

Tiantian Yu, Xinping Zhang, Qianning Wang, Feiyang Zheng, Lu Wang

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Article in BMC health services research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Tiantian YuSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical School, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Xinping ZhangSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical School, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. xpzhang602@hust.edu.cn.
Qianning WangSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical School, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Feiyang ZhengSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical School, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Lu WangSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical School, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe states of IPC (Infection Prevention and Control) is serious under the COVID-19 pandemic. Nosocomial infection reporting is of great significance to transparent management of IPC in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to explore the relationship between communication openness and nosocomial infection reporting, explore the mediating effect of team cohesion in the two, and provide evidence-based organizational perspective for improving IPC management in the hospitals.

methodA questionnaire was used to collect data on communication openness, team cohesion and nosocomial infection reporting in 3512 medical staff from 239 hospitals in Hubei, China. Structural Equation Model (SEM) was conducted to examine the hypothetical model.

resultCommunication openness was positively related to nosocomial infection reporting (β = 0.540, p < 0.001), and was positively related to team cohesion (β = 0.887, p < 0.001). Team cohesion was positively related to nosocomial infection reporting (β = 0.328, p < 0.001). The partial mediating effect of team cohesion was significant (β = 0.291, SE = 0.055, 95% CI = [ 0.178,0.392 ]), making up 35.02% of total effect.

conclusionCommunication openness was not only positively related to nosocomial infection reporting. Team cohesion can be regarded as a mediator between communication openness and nosocomial infection reporting. It implies that strengthening communication openness and team cohesion is the strategy to promote IPC management from the new organizational perspective.

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COVID-19Cross InfectionCommunicationHumansPandemicsSurveys and QuestionnairesCommunication opennessMediating effectNosocomial infection reportingTeam cohesion

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