Effect of an educational program to improve nursing staff knowledge toward preventing urinary tract infection associated with catheters at Kirkuk City, Iraq

IF 0.4 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Rawal Medical Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.5455/rmj.20230604041646

Ali Alwan, Abid Kumait

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effect of an educational program on nursing staff regarding urinary tract infection associated with catheters (UTIAC) prevention in Kirkuk General Hospital, Kirkuk City. Methodology: This pre-experimental (pre-post) one group study was conducted by purposive sample of 54 nurses recruited from respiratory, coronary, and intensive care units at Kirkuk General Hospital. A questionnaire was completed by all participants. It had two parts: Part I: Socio-demographic questionnaire and Part II: Level of nurses’ knowledge questionnaire. Data collection was carried out from December 2022 to February 2023 and were analyzed by SPSS version 22. Results: The males were 55.6%, and 51.9% belonged to age group <25 years. Most (83.3%) were from nursing college, 40.7% had between 1-2 years’ experience as nurses, while 87% had not received any training about UTIAC prevention. There were highly significant statistical differences between pre- and post-program at p<0.001 for nurse’s knowledge about preventing UTIAC. There was no significant relationship between nurses’ level of knowledge and their demographic characteristics. Conclusion: The educational program had a significant and positive effect on nursing staffsꞌ knowledge about preventing UTIAC.

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伊拉克基尔库克市一项提高护理人员预防导尿管相关尿路感染知识的教育计划的效果

目的:评价在基尔库克市基尔库克总医院对护理人员进行导尿管相关尿路感染预防教育的效果。方法:本实验前(实验前后)一组研究由基尔库克综合医院呼吸、冠状动脉和重症监护病房招募的54名护士进行。所有参与者都完成了一份调查问卷。调查分为两部分:第一部分:社会人口调查问卷和第二部分:护士知识水平调查问卷。数据收集时间为2022年12月至2023年2月，使用SPSS 22版进行分析。结果:男性占55.6%，25岁年龄组占51.9%。大多数(83.3%)为护理学院学历，40.7%为1-2年护理经验，87%未接受过预防utac的培训。护理人员预防utac的知识在项目前和项目后有显著的统计学差异，差异为0.001。护士知识水平与人口学特征无显著相关。结论:教育项目对护理人员预防utac的知识有显著的积极作用。

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