Knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff regarding hepatitis B at Kut city, middle Iraq

Journal of Pakistan Medical Association Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI:10.47391/jpma.iq-33

None Rawaa Kamel Abd, None Basim Rihan Sahar

{"title":"Knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff regarding hepatitis B at Kut city, middle Iraq","authors":"None Rawaa Kamel Abd, None Basim Rihan Sahar","doi":"10.47391/jpma.iq-33","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff towards hepatitis B virus infection.Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at three hospitals in Kut, Iraq, in July 2020, and comprised nursingstaff regardless of age and gender. Data was collected using a predesigned questionnaire exploring demographicdetails as well as knowledge, attitude and practice of the nursing staff regarding hepatitis B virus infection. Data wasanalysed using SPSS 21.Result: Of the 3,008 nurses, 341(11.33%) were randomly enrolled; 170(49.9%) males and 171(50.1%) females. Therewere 140(41.1%) subjects aged 20–30 years, while 16(4.7%) were aged Greater than or Equal to 50 years. The mean knowledge score was 22.22±2.79 (range: 18-35 years), indicating better knowledge. The mean attitude score was 19.23±2.74 (range: 11-26), indicating positive attitude. The mean practice score was 13.04±1.84 (range: 8-17) indicating good practices.Conclusion: The knowledge level related to hepatitis B virus among the nursing staff was good. Overall improvementrelated to knowledge, attitude and practice among the nursing staff was needed.Keywords: Hepatitis, Virus, Health, Studies, Nurses, Surveys.","PeriodicalId":16673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pakistan Medical Association","volume":"300 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Pakistan Medical Association","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47391/jpma.iq-33","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Objective: To assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff towards hepatitis B virus infection.Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at three hospitals in Kut, Iraq, in July 2020, and comprised nursingstaff regardless of age and gender. Data was collected using a predesigned questionnaire exploring demographicdetails as well as knowledge, attitude and practice of the nursing staff regarding hepatitis B virus infection. Data wasanalysed using SPSS 21.Result: Of the 3,008 nurses, 341(11.33%) were randomly enrolled; 170(49.9%) males and 171(50.1%) females. Therewere 140(41.1%) subjects aged 20–30 years, while 16(4.7%) were aged Greater than or Equal to 50 years. The mean knowledge score was 22.22±2.79 (range: 18-35 years), indicating better knowledge. The mean attitude score was 19.23±2.74 (range: 11-26), indicating positive attitude. The mean practice score was 13.04±1.84 (range: 8-17) indicating good practices.Conclusion: The knowledge level related to hepatitis B virus among the nursing staff was good. Overall improvementrelated to knowledge, attitude and practice among the nursing staff was needed.Keywords: Hepatitis, Virus, Health, Studies, Nurses, Surveys.

查看原文本刊更多论文

伊拉克中部库特市护理人员对乙型肝炎的知识、态度和做法

目的:了解护理人员对乙型肝炎病毒感染的知识、态度和行为。方法:横断面研究于2020年7月在伊拉克库特的三家医院进行，包括护理人员，不分年龄和性别。采用预先设计的调查问卷收集数据，调查人口统计细节以及护理人员对乙型肝炎病毒感染的知识、态度和行为。数据采用SPSS 21进行分析。结果:3008名护士中，随机入组341名(11.33%);男性170人(49.9%)，女性171人(50.1%)。其中年龄在20 ~ 30岁的140例(41.1%)，年龄≥50岁的16例(4.7%)。平均知识得分为22.22±2.79(范围:18-35岁)，表明知识水平较好。平均态度得分为19.23±2.74(范围:11-26)，为积极态度。练习平均得分为13.04±1.84分(范围:8-17分)，表现良好。结论:护理人员对乙型肝炎病毒相关知识的了解程度较好。护理人员的知识、态度和行为等方面有待全面改善。关键词:肝炎，病毒，健康，研究，护士，调查

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

自引率

0.00%

发文量