Knowledge of Nurses Regarding Prevention Pressure Ulcer

Abstract

Pressure ulcers are a common problem in health care and represent a significant burden on patients. The costs of prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers are considerable. The reported incidence of pressure ulcer in acute care facilities ranges from 2.7% to 29.5% and approximately 5–8% annually and 25–85% of these patients develop a pressure sore at some time. The prevalence in acute care setting ranges from 3.5% to 29.5% and 2.4% to 23% in nursing homes and about 20% at home in people older than 65.This study aimed to assess the knowledge among nurses regarding care and prevention of pressure ulcer and to seek the association between knowledge scores with selected demographic variable. The collected data was analyzed and its shows that nurse 56% of nurses had average level of knowledge and 3% of nurses had good level of knowledge and 5% nurses had very good level of knowledge. Most of nurses (72.14%) had knowledge regarding concept/ meaning of pressure ulcer. The majority of the nurses (36.7%) had less knowledge regarding prevention of pressure ulcer. There was no significant association found between selected demographic variables (age, gender, and work experience, present area of work, monthly income and source of information) with knowledge score nurses regarding care and prevention of pressure ulcer.

Keywords: knowledge, nurses, care, pressure ulcers, prevention