Using Virtual Reality to Systematically Examine Impacts of Noise and Visual Clutter on Message Elaboration and Cognitive Capacity.

This study used virtual reality to examine how environmental attributes interact with health communication to influence psychiatric help-seeking behavior, using the example of a subway station. We used a 2 × 2 factorial design crossing two noise conditions (high noise [75 dB] or low noise [30 dB]) and two visual clutter conditions (low clutter [a tidy trash can and orderly construction materials] or high clutter [scattered trash and construction materials]). We found that participants in the high (vs.

Evidence-Based Strategies in Using Persuasive Interventions to Optimize Antimicrobial Use in Healthcare: a Narrative Review.

A rise in antimicrobial resistance, seen especially since 2000, is in part caused by indiscriminate antimicrobial use. Varied types of persuasive interventions aimed to optimize antimicrobial use have been tried with varying success. Our review seeks to identify and assess factors associated with the successful implementation of persuasive interventions.

The influence of spatial configuration on the frequency of use of hand sanitizing stations in health care environments.

Background: The lack of user-friendly, accessible, and visible hand sanitizing stations (HSSs) in health care environments are significant factors affecting low hand hygiene compliance rates among caregivers.

Objective: To determine whether the simulated parameters of visibility and global traffic flow score for an HSS can influence the frequency of use of that HSS.

Methods: Space syntax was used to measure virtual simulation of spatial layouts of 3 units to provide quantitative visibility and global traffic flow scores for each HSS.

Construct validity-Current issues and recommendations for future hand hygiene research.

Health care-associated infection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Hand hygiene is widely regarded as an effective prevention strategy. Often, hand hygiene research is designed and conducted by health care practitioners who may lack formal training in research methods, particularly in the area of social science.

Evidence-based practices to increase hand hygiene compliance in health care facilities: An integrated review.

Background: Hand hygiene (HH) in health care facilities is a key component to reduce pathogen transmission and nosocomial infections. However, most HH interventions (HHI) have not been sustainable.

Aims: This review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of recently published evidence-based HHI designed to improve HH compliance (HHC) that will enable health care providers to make informed choices when allocating limited resources to improve HHC and patient safety.