Barriers to Hand Hygiene Among Awake ICU Patients: A Qualitative Study from China

Yinping Yi's qualitative study explores barriers and improvement expectations for hand hygiene among awake ICU patients. The dataset is based on semi-structured interviews with 15 patients from a tertiary hospital in Henan Province, China, conducted between December 2024 and April 2025. Data analysis was informed by the Capability–Opportunity–Motivation Behavior (COM-B) framework.

Use Cases

• Analyzing patient-reported barriers to hand hygiene based on themes like physical burden and environmental constraints.
• Identifying patient expectations for support based on subcategories like ability-adapted health education and improved accessibility.
• Applying the COM-B behavioral framework to qualitative interview data from a clinical population.
• Informing the design of patient-centered hand hygiene interventions for ICU settings.

Strengths

• Qualitative data from 15 patient interviews provides detailed, first-hand perspectives.
• Analysis is structured using the established COM-B behavioral framework.
• Dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is small in scale at 52.0 KB, representing a limited sample size.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data reflects a specific geographic and institutional context (a single hospital in Henan Province, China).

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yinping Yi.

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews analyzed via deductive content analysis.

Time Range

Interviews conducted between December 2024 and April 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:40:17.

Geography

Data collected from a tertiary hospital in Henan Province, China.