Publications by authors named "Maike Stolz"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how psychosocial factors influence healthcare workers' adherence to surgical site infection (SSI) prevention practices by examining valid and reliable questionnaire scales across physicians and nurses.
- Data was collected from 90 physicians and 193 nurses in non-university hospitals in Germany, utilizing a written questionnaire that assesses their compliance and the determinants of that compliance based on the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behavior Model.
- Results indicate that the scales measuring capability, motivation, and planning are reliable and valid for both groups, while the external determinant scale (opportunity) lacked validity and reliability; additionally, only nurses showed significant associations between capability and planning with compliance.
Do task and item difficulty affect overestimation of one's hand hygiene compliance? A cross-sectional survey of physicians and nurses in surgical clinics of six hospitals in Germany.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
December 2022
Background: One barrier to hand hygiene compliance is overestimation of one's own performance. Overconfidence research shows that overestimation tends to be higher for difficult tasks, which suggests that the magnitude of overestimation also depends on how it is assessed. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that overestimation was stronger for hand hygiene indications with low compliance (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The EQ-5D and the SF-6D are examples of commonly used generic preference-based instruments for assessing health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, their suitability for mental disorders has been repeatedly questioned.
Objective: To assess the responsiveness and convergent validity of the EQ-5D-3L and SF-6D in patients with depressive symptoms.
Background: The Communities That Care (CTC) prevention planning and implementation system trains communities throughout a five-phase cycle to (1) build capacity for prevention, (2) adopt science-based prevention, (3) assess the prevention needs of adolescents living in the community, (4) select, and (5) implement evidence-based programs according to their needs. After CTC proved to be effective and cost-effective in the U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Assessment of low back pain (LBP) includes segmental motion tests. Although often used in clinical practice, the validity, inter- and intra-rater reliability of such tests in individuals with LBP are not universally accepted, making it difficult to interpret findings in clinical practice.
Objective: The purposes of this study were to determine the validity and reliability of segmental motion tests for patients with LBP and to give reasoned recommendations for their use in practice.