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Background: The increase in the prevalence of pressure ulcer among patients with impaired physical mobility has currently been associated with nurses’ inadequate knowledge of preventive interventions.
Aim: To assess nurses’ knowledge of pressure ulcer identification/staging, risk factors and evidence-based preventive practices.
Method: This descriptive study was carried out at the University Teaching Hospital Maiduguri (UMTH), Borno State, Nigeria. Total sampling technique was utilized in the recruitment of the study participants. An adapted 75- item-pressure ulcer questionnaire was used for data collection. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 16. The hypotheses on nurses’ knowledge were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Chi square test
Results: A total of 219 nurses participated in this study with response rate of 68.0%. The nurses’ years of professional practice ranged from 1 to 35 years with a mean of 11.7 (± 7.8) years. Approximately, 73% of the nurses demonstrated a low level of knowledge of pressure ulcer identification/staging, 69.4% demonstrated an average level of knowledge of risk factors and 79.9% demonstrated high level of knowledge of preventive practices. The relationship between nurses’ knowledge of risk factors and knowledge of preventive practices (p=0.37) was not significant.
Conclusion: Nurses demonstrated a knowledge deficit in core areas on pressure ulcer identification/staging, risk factors’ assessment and evidence-based preventive practices. In order to address this dearth, there is a need to institute an educational-based practice-guideline on pressure ulcer prevention for nurses.
Keywords: Nurses’ knowledge, Pressure ulcer risk reduction, Impaired mobility
Résumé
Introduction: L’accroissement dans la prévalence de l’affliction de l’ulcère parmi les patients avec la mobilité physique affaiblie a couramment été associé avec la connaissance inadéquate des infirmiers sur les interventions préventives.
Objective : Pour répartir la connaissance des infirmiers sur l’identification/phase de l’affliction de l’ulcère, facteurs risques et pratiques préventives basée sur l’évidence.
Méthode : Cette étude descriptive était exécutée à l’Hôpital d’Enseignement Universitaire de Maiduguri (UMTH), Etat de Borno, Nigeria. La technique d’échantillonnage total était utilisée dans le recrutement des participants de l’étude. Un questionnaire de 75-point-affliction de l’ulcère adapté était utilisee pour la collection des données. Les données étaient analysées en utilisant SPSS version 16. Les hypothèses sur la connaissance des infirmiers étaient testées au niveau 0,05 de signifiance en utilisant le test du Chi carré.
Résultats : Un total de 219 infirmiers participèrent dans cette étude avec 68,0% tau de réponse. Les années de pratiques professionnelles des infirmiers rangèrent de 1 à 35 ans avec une moyenne de 11,7 7,8 ans. Approximativement, 73% des infirmiers démontrèrent un bas niveau de connaissance de l’identification/phase de l’affliction de l’ulcère, 69,4% démontrèrent un niveau moyen de connaissance des facteurs risques et 79,9% démontrèrent un haut de connaissance des pratiques préventives basée sur l’évidence. La relation entre la connaissance des infirmiers sur les facteurs risques et la connaissance des pratiques préventives (p=0,37) n’était pas significative.
Conclusion : Les infirmiers démontrèrent un déficit de connaissance des questions les plus importantes au sujet de l’identification/phase de l’affliction de l’ulcère, la répartition des facteurs risques et pratiques préventives basée sur l’évidence. Afin d’adresser cette disette, il y a un besoin à instituer un guide pratique, a base éducationnelle, sur l’affliction de l’ulcère.
Mots clé: Connaissance des infirmiers, réduction des risques de l’affliction de l’ulcère, mobilité affaiblie
Correspondence: Dr. Prisca O. Adejumo, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. E-mail: bisiandbayo@yahoo.com.
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