A simple and short microbiology practical improves undergraduate nursing students’ awareness of bacterial traits and ability to avoid spreading infections

Table 1 Questionnaire items and those choices

Questionnaire items (Q1 to 7): those choices (answers)^a/ “” ^b
Q1. ‘What words images from “bacteria”?’
dirty	symbiosis	health	harmful	benefical	infection	disease	small
Q2. ‘What physical condition changes images from “bacteria”?’
pneumonia	vomiting	dermatitis	headache	diarrhea	dizzy	muscle pain	heartbeat
Q3. ‘What fomites (utensils) images from “bacteria”?’
TV remote controller	PC keyboard	car handle	train hand strap	underground passage	bathtub	kitchen	toilet
Q4. ‘What habitats (body surface) image from “bacteria”?’
navel	behind the ears	hair	beside the nose	armpit	hips	soles	palm
Q5. ‘What habitats (inside body parts) image from “bacteria”?’
eyeball	uterus	stomach	brain	lung	intestines	abdominal cavity	pharynx
Q6. ‘What fomites (contact based) image from “bacteria”?’
stethoscope	toilet seat	public telephone	sumo wrestling	handshake	hand-washing	floor button in elevator	toilet seat with bidet functions
Q7. ‘What actions facilitating hospital infections image from “bacteria”?’
blood pressure measurements	bedsore treatment	handshake	auscultation	meal	intravenous drip	assistance	blood sampling

^aFor questions that allow multiple answers
^bFor estimating Cronbach’s α score, “correct answer” that we expected are settled up into each of the Questions. Please see the legend of Fig. 3

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