Study on the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) of Nursing Staff and Influencing Factors on COVID-19

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2020.560606 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Xin Wen ◽

Fan Wang ◽

Xiuyang Li ◽

Hua Gu

Keyword(s):

Influencing Factors ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Nursing Knowledge ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Medical Institutions ◽

General Wards ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) care among nursing staff and analyze its influencing factors. The survey was conducted on February 18, 2020, among 7,716 voluntary participants from 143 medical institutions in Zhejiang, China. The findings indicated that KAP of nursing staff scored well. However, the accuracy of psychological nursing knowledge was much lower, 14.3% only. Nursing staff working in isolation wards have higher knowledge (OR = 1.776, 95% CI: 1.491–2.116), attitude (OR = 1.542, 95% CI: 1.298–1.832), and practice (OR = 1.902, 95% CI: 1.590–2.274) scores than those in general wards. In terms of KAP, nursing staff with working experience ≤ 10 years scored lower than those with working experience ≥ 20 years, with OR values of 0.490 (95% CI: 0.412–0.583), 0.654 (95% CI: 0.551–0.775), and 0.747 (95% CI: 0.629–0.886), respectively. It is necessary to take measures to enhance the training on COVID-19, especially for KAP of junior nurses in general wards.

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The effect of practice toward do-not-resuscitate among Taiwanese nursing staff using path modeling

10.21203/rs.3.rs-32069/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Li-Fen Wu ◽

Li-Fang Chang ◽

Yu-Chun Hung ◽

Chin Lin ◽

Shiow-Jyu Tzou ◽

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Keyword(s):

End Of Life ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Religious Belief ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Further Education ◽

Path Modeling ◽

Do Not Resuscitate ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Abstract Background: Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) is signed to prevent patients from receiving invalid treatment at the end of life or near death. Nurses play an important role to discuss the DNR with patients or the patients’ family members. However, research focusing on the relationship between the knowledge, attitude and practice of a DNR using path modeling in nursing staff is limited. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate the effect of path modeling on the knowledge, attitude, and practice toward DNR among the Taiwanese nursing staff.Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive design using a simple random sampling. Data on demographics, knowledge, attitude, and practice as measured by the DNR inventory (KAP-DNR), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Dispositional Resilience Scale was collected. Participants were 194 nursing staff from a medical center in northern Taiwan in 2019. We performed descriptive statistics, regression analysis, and path modeling using SPSS 22.0 and set p <0.05 as the statistical significance threshold. Results: The results showed that participation in DNR signature and education related to palliative care were positive significant predictors of knowledge towards DNR. The DNR predictors toward attitude included DNR knowledge, mindfulness, self-efficacy, dispositional resilience, and religious belief of nurses. Generally, the key predictors of DNR practice were DNR attitude, dispositional resilience, and male nurses. In path modeling, we identified that self-efficacy, dispositional resilience, master’s degree, and religious belief directly influenced practices constituting DNR. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, it is proposed that nurses should improve their self-efficacy and dispositional resilience. Encouraging staff to undertake further education and have religious beliefs can improve the practice of DNR and provide better end of life care.

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Knowledge, attitude, practice of hand hygiene among nursing staff in medicine ICU in a tertiary health care centre in Western India

International Journal of Biomedical Research ◽

10.7439/ijbr.v9i5.4772 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 184

Author(s):

Satyajeet K. Pawar ◽

Rajvardhan R. Patil ◽

R. V. Shinde ◽

G. S. Karande

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Hand Hygiene ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Western India ◽

Health Care Centre ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Health Related ◽

Cross Transmission ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Hospital infection is one of the leading cause of public health related issue throughout the world. Hand hygiene is one of the leading measure used to prevent cross-transmission and thus to reduce health care associated infections.Aims & Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude and practice about hand hygiene in nursing staff in medicine ICU in a tertiary health care centre.Methodology: Total 48 medicine ICU nursing staff were given open ended questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and practice of hand hygiene. Score were given for correct option and data was filled and analyzed in MS Excel softwareResults: Compliance in knowledge (62 %) and attitude (81 %) for hand hygiene was good. Performance in practice of hand hygiene was 54 % which was comparatively lower.Conclusion: Compliance of hand hygiene practice was lower compared to knowledge and attitude and needs to be addressed in the form of continued medical education.

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A survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among 150 nursing staff working in All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192843 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (7) ◽

pp. 3008

Author(s):

Vivek Chhabra ◽

Durga Shankar Meena ◽

Gopal Krishana Bohra ◽

Naresh Midha ◽

Bharat Maheshwari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Waste Management ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Missing Values ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Biomedical Waste ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Care Problems ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: India as a developing country is facing a lot of health care problems, with the increase in health care facilities, there is a growing concern of hazards of biomedical waste. Since the nursing staff is at the centre of biomedical waste handling, their knowledge of adequate disposal of biomedical waste is of utmost importance. So, we conducted a study regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff working in a premier institute of western Rajasthan with respect to biomedical waste and its management.Methods: This was a hospital-based descriptive, observational study conducted in our institute in the month of October and November of 2018. Written consent was taken and pre-defined questionnaire was prepared based on a review of literature on the subject. Scrutiny was done for the data for any logical inconsistencies, skip patterns and missing values. Coding of the data was done and entered into a Microsoft Excel. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied for data analysis.Results: 150 participants took part in the questionnaire based study. The study showed that majority of participants have adequate knowledge, attitude and practice toward biomedical waste management but still, there were gaps in the knowledge and practice in essentially quite a lot of participants which should not be there.Conclusions: There is a need for strict implementation of biomedical rules at all the tiers of healthcare. There should be regular orientation programs for nursing staff and other health personnel working in the institutes.

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The Association Between Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Practice with Relating Factors in a Junior High School

IKESMA ◽

10.19184/ikesma.v16i2.18634 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 103

Author(s):

Dwi Jani ◽

Deni Gunawan ◽

Nawanto Agung Prastowo

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Social Influence ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Junior High School ◽

Junior High ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Smoking Habit ◽

Male Students ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Smoking habit in adolescents has been increasing recently. Some factors are associated with the smoking habit. However, there are lacks of information regarding influencing factors to smoking habit in the adolescent. The study aimed to examine how knowledge, attitudes, practice, and other factors play a role in adolescents' smoking. There were 381 female and male students of a junior high school in Jakarta who participated. Influencing factors were knowledge, attitudes, practice, social influence, anti-smoking campaigns. The association between factors was analyzed using appropriate statistical tests. Most students had better knowledge, attitude, and practice. Only two students smoked cigarettes (0.5%). Gender was significantly associated with knowledge (p=0.048), social influence (p=0.000), an anti-smoking campaign (p=0.024). Knowledge had an association with social influence (p=0.002) and anti-smoking campaign (p=0.000), whereas attitudes with practice smoking (p=0.005) and anti-smoking campaign (p=0.000). Social influence was also associated with the anti-smoking campaign (p=0.000). In conclusion, students of Permai junior high school had good knowledge, attitudes, and practice of smoking. There are associations between factors that contribute to smoking habit in adolescents.

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Awareness study of Pharmacovigilance among the health care professionals (nursing staff) at tertiary care hospital, Solapur, Maharashtra, India

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20173569 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (8) ◽

pp. 3596

Author(s):

Amruta Pasgonda Patil ◽

Prashant A. Shirure ◽

Rasika S. Khobragade

Keyword(s):

Adverse Drug Reaction ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Spontaneous Reporting ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Early detection of adverse drug reaction is one step towards the prevention of ADRs. Foundation of Pharmacovigilance is spontaneous reporting which is minimal in India. Among the all health care professionals, nurses are caregivers at bedside. Improvement in knowledge and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among nurses will definitely increases spontaneous reporting. In this study, knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff about pharmacovigilance was evaluated.Methods: It was prospective, cross-sectional, observational, questionnaire-based study among the nurses of the tertiary care hospital Solapur. A questionnaire evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice was distributed among nursing staff and filled questionnaire were collected back and analyzed by microsoft excel 2013.Results: Response rate of our study was 44.88%. 38.61% doctors were knowing meaning of pharmacovigilance while 61.38% participants knew that all drugs available in market are not safe. Taking proper medication history before prescribing drugs was considered important by 92.57% participants. 79.70% participants were aware about Pharmacovigilance program of India. 64.35% doctors answered correctly to elements which are mandatory to record. Only 24.75% participants were knowing the basis that pharmcovigilance provides for.Conclusions: Nursing staff of tertiary care hospital, Solapur had very appreciable and positive attitude towards pharmacovigilance but there is a need for improvement in knowledge and practice of ADR reporting.

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