Barriers to delivery of culturally competent care among nurses: A multi-center cross-sectional study in a resource-limited setting

Autor: Abdul-Karim Abubakari, Janet Gross, Eric Asamoah
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, Vol 20, Iss , Pp 100705- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-1391
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100705
Popis: Background: In a growing multicultural society like Ghana, the cultural competence (CC) of nurses is imperative. Despite the importance of CC within the healthcare environment, factors that hinder nurses’ ability to render culturally competent care (CCC) to patients in the clinical unit have not been adequately explored. Purpose: To examine the barriers nurses encounter in the delivery of CCC across two regions of Ghana. Methods: From October to December 2022, an institutional-based cross-sectional study in eight hospitals involving nurses was conducted in the Western and Ashanti regions. A probability sampling method was employed to select 759 participants. Data was entered into a spreadsheet and exported to S.P.S.S version 23. Binary and multivariable logistic regressions were used to establish the associations between dependent and independent variables. The odds ratio with a 95 % confidence interval was computed. Outcome variables with a P-value
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