scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice study on cardiopulmonary resuscitation among medical and nursing interns

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 3026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harshal Gajanan Mendhe ◽  
Lavanya Burra ◽  
Daneshwar Singh ◽  
Hanumanth Narni
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
Inter Quartile Range ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Quartile Range ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Cardiac arrest is a substantial public health problem estimated to account for 15–20% of all death. It is documented that a timely performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can largely prevent sudden death. Being important members of the health care delivery team, medical professionals and nursing staff are deemed to pass the basic skills and expertise which are needed to perform CPR. The principle objectives of the research project are to assess knowledge and attitude of CPR and to compare knowledge regarding CPR among medical and nursing students.Methods: It was a cross sectional study for duration of 2 month from March 2013 to April 2013, conducted among 100 nursing and medical interns of a tertiary care institute in Vijayawada (A.P). Pre tested structured questionnaire of 2010 American health association guidelines for CPR and basic life support (BLS) Practice Test of National Health Care Provider Solutions of 30 questions were used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice among study participants. Results: The median for knowledge score of MBBS interns was 6 with inter-quartile range 2 and the median for the knowledge score of nursing interns was 6 with inter-quartile range 1. The median for the practice score for MBBS interns was 5 with inter-quartile range of 2.25 and median for practice score in case of nursing interns was 4 with inter-quartile range 2. 36% of MBBS interns had poor knowledge score and 46% of nursing interns had poor knowledge score. Conclusions: The present study identified the knowledge and practice score of BLS or CPR which is poor in both medical and nursing students, even though they have positive and good attitude towards it. BLS training should be the part of the curriculum to solve this issue. 

scholarly journals An epidemiological study on knowledge, attitude and practice of injection safety among health care personnel in a tertiary care hospital of Tripura

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 4128
Author(s):  
Anjan Datta ◽  
Kaushik Nag ◽  
Nabarun Karmakar ◽  
Tamal Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Unsafe Injection ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Injection Safety ◽  
Injection Practices

Background: Injection is considered as one of the key procedures of drug delivery all over the world. Unsafe injection practices are very common in countries like India. This study was aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of injection safety in a tertiary care hospital of Tripura.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 participants including staff nurses, operation theater (OT) assistants and laboratory technicians of Tripura Medical College and Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Hapania; who were primarily involved in routine injection practices related to patient care from January 15th to February 14th 2018. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0.Results: Majority (77%) of the participants in this study belonged to 18 to 25 years age group and were females (71.3%); mostly were nurses (88%), followed by OT assistants (6.3%) and laboratory technicians (5.7%) respectively. Good injection safety practices were reported by majority of the participants (67.3%). Higher mean age with knowledge of injection safety, nurses as compared to others and probational work experience than permanent were found to have significant association with safe injection practices of the participants.Conclusions: Even though study findings showed good practice related to injection safety among the health care personnel like similar other studies in this country, still improvement is required to fulfil the gap in knowledge and attitude of the health care providers to keep unsafe injection to the minimum level.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF EPILEPSY AMONG HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN RAJASTHAN

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (83) ◽  
pp. 14531-14540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sureka R K ◽  
Amit Agarwal ◽  
Kuldeep Singh Yadav ◽  
Surbhi Chaturvedi ◽  
Madhu Bijhawan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Tertiary Care Center ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE & PRACTICE OF COVID-19 AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 200-202
Author(s):  
C.P. Sharma ◽  
Anum Fatima ◽  
Omprakash Mahawar ◽  
Pratap Bhan Kaushik
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic is escalating at an alarming rate and currently best therapy lies in prevention. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to determine knowledge ,attitude and practice of health care workers towards COVID-19.METHODOLOGY:A cross sectional descriptive study undertaken at Dedicated Covid Hospital, MBGH Udaipur,Rajasthan from April 2020 to May 2020.The response of 190 participants who filled questionnaire was tabulated and analysed .RESULT :Majority had an average knowledge (49.7%),positive attitude (57.4%) and good practice(51.1%) which was further influenced by various factors studied. CONCLUSION :Health care workers still require professional education and teachings dedicated to improve knowledge and promote good attitude and practice in regards of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) among Health Care Professionals Working in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-345
Author(s):  
Pandian Balu ◽  
Divya Ravikumar ◽  
Virudhunagar Muthuprakash Somasunder ◽  
Sumetha Suga Deiva Suga ◽  
Poonguzhali Sivagananam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is a common healthcare-related infection occurring in patients admitted for various ailments. Approximately 80% of hospital acquired Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are catheter associated. The purpose of the current research was to find out the level of knowledge, attitude and practice on prevention of CAUTI among healthcare professionals working in tertiary care hospital. A descriptive study was done among 95 health care working in tertiary care hospital in Chennai. The researchers administered standard questionnaire and statistically explored the knowledge, attitude, and practice levels about prevention of CAUTI among the participants. Among 95 participants, 28.4% and 71.6% of the individuals had moderately adequate knowledge and adequate knowledge about CAUTI. About 4.2% of the participants had unfavourable, 88.4% had moderately favourable and 7.4% had favourable attitude towards prevention of CAUTI. About 4.2% of the individuals had moderately adequate and 95.8% had adequate practice towards the prevention of CAUTI. There was significant correlation between attitude and practice. The professional experience of the participants showed statistically significant association with the level of practice among the demographic variables. In our present study, we found out that health care professionals had adequate knowledge, attitude, and practice on prevention of CAUTI. Medical education programs, frequent auditing with a checklist about catheter care must be conducted to maintain the achieved knowledge and practice levels.

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