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The Hawthorne Effect in Infection Prevention and Epidemiology
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The Hawthorne Effect in Infection Prevention and Epidemiology

Luke F Chen, Mark W Vander Weg, David A Hofmann and Heather Schacht Reisinger
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.36(12), pp.1444-1450
12/2015
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.216
PMID: 26383964

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Abstract

The Hawthorne Effect is a prevalent observer effect that causes behavioral changes among participants of epidemiological studies or infection control interventions. The purpose of the review is to describe the origins of the Hawthorne Effect, to understand the term in relation to current scientific literature, to describe characteristics of the Hawthorne effect, and to discuss methods to quantify and overcome limitations associated with the Hawthorne Effect.
Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic Research Subjects - psychology Communicable Diseases - transmission Communicable Diseases - epidemiology Hand Disinfection Bias Humans Observational Studies as Topic Infection Control - methods Health Behavior

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