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- Title
Knowledge on Pressure Ulcer Prevention Among Nursing Professionals.
- Authors
Miyazaki, Margareth Yuri; Caliri, Maria Helena Larcher; dos Santos, Claudia Benedita
- Abstract
This study aimed to describe and to analyze knowledge on pressure ulcer prevention among nursing team members working in direct care to adult and elderly patients at a university hospital. A descriptive and exploratory research was carried out between January and March 2009, after approval by the Research Ethics Committee at the study institution. Data were collected through a validated questionnaire. Participants were 386 professionals, of whom 64.8% were nursing auxiliaries/technicians and 35.2% baccalaureate nurses (BSN). The mean percentage of correct answers on the knowledge test was 79.4% (SD=8.3%) for nurses and 73.6% (SD=9.8%) for nursing auxiliaries/technicians. Both professional categories display knowledge deficits in some areas related to the theme. The identification of deficient areas can guide strategic planning with a view to the dissemination and adoption of prevention measures by the team.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BEDSORES prevention; ACADEMIC medical centers; ANALYSIS of variance; PRESSURE ulcers; CHI-squared test; CLINICAL competence; COMPUTER software; STATISTICAL correlation; FISHER exact test; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES; NURSES' aides; RESEARCH; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; QUANTITATIVE research
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2010, Vol 18, Issue 6, p1203
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0104-11692010000600022