Croatian nurses' and nursing students' knowledge about pressure injury prevention.

Autor: Cukljek S; University of Applied Health Sciences, Mlinarska 38, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: snjezana.cukljek@zvu.hr., Rezic S; University of Applied Health Sciences, Mlinarska 38, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva St 12, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: sladjanarezic@gmail.com., Ficko SL; University of Applied Health Sciences, Mlinarska 38, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: sanja.ledinski-ficko@zvu.hr., Hosnjak AM; University of Applied Health Sciences, Mlinarska 38, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: AnaMarija.Hosnjak@zvu.hr., Smrekar M; University of Applied Health Sciences, Mlinarska 38, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: martina.smrekar@zvu.hr., Ljubas A; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva St 12, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: ana.ljubas@kbc-zagreb.hr.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of tissue viability [J Tissue Viability] 2022 Aug; Vol. 31 (3), pp. 453-458. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2022.04.008
Abstrakt: Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge of nurses and nursing students about pressure injury (PI) prevention.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was used, and the sample consisted of 312 participants, of whom 198 were nursing students and 114 were nurses from the clinical hospital. The response rate for the total population was 78%. The Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Assessment Tool PUKAT 2.0. was translated to Croatian and used in the study. Data were collected between January and March 2020. Descriptive statistics and chi square tests with Fisher correction for small samples were used to analyze the data.
Results: The mean number of correct answers was 10.45 points or 41.8%, which is not considered a satisfactory result. Nurses from the clinical hospital achieved 45.48% correct answers, while part-time students achieved 39.7%. Respondents achieved the best results in the theme of risk assessment and the lowest in the theme prevention of pressure ulcers. A statistically significant difference between the two groups of respondents was found in the themes of classification and observation (p = 0.004), nutrition (p = 0.015), prevention of pressure ulcers (p = 0.010), and specific patient groups (p = 0.002), as well as in the number of total correct answers (p = 0.000).
Conclusions: The results showed that knowledge about PI prevention in nurses and nursing students was inadequate. Nurses showed a higher level of knowledge than the students. PIs are a significant clinical problem affecting quality of life, health care costs, and treatment outcomes in patients, so it is important that nurses have adequate knowledge.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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