■老年人是需要特殊照顾的人群。为老年人提供的护理质量在很大程度上取决于护士在老年护理方面的知识。因此,为确定护士对老年人护理的知识水平而进行的研究有限。因此,本研究旨在评估护士老年护理知识的决定因素。
■2021年4月1日至10日,在345名护士中采用了基于设施的横断面研究设计。受访者是通过简单的随机抽样技术选择的。数据是通过自我管理的结构化问卷收集的。使用社会科学统计软件包25.0版输入和分析收集的数据。采用多元二元logistic回归分析确定与护士老年护理知识显著相关的因素。
■本研究的有效率为98.3%。超过一半的受访者是女性(51.6%),而38.3%的婚姻状况是单身。护士对老年人护理的了解率为51.9%。与老年人生活在一起(调整后的奇数比[AOR]:3.62;95%CI:1.661,7.89)和接受老年护理培训(AOR:5.209,95%CI:2.771,9.79)与护士对老年护理的知识呈正相关,而工作经验<5年(AOR:0.305;95%CI:0.134,0696),和5-10年的工作经验(AOR:0.359;95%CI:0.15,0.864)与护士对老年人护理的知识呈负相关。
■护士对老年护理的了解程度中等。曾经和老人住在一起,工作经验,参加老年护理培训有助于护士了解老年护理知识。因此,医院管理人员和卫生部应促进培训,设计,并实施老年人护理实践标准指南。
UNASSIGNED: Elderly individuals are the segment of the population that needs special care. The quality of care provided for elderly individuals is highly determined by the knowledge of nurses in elderly care. Hence, there are limited studies conducted to determine the level of knowledge of nurses regarding elderly care. Therefore, this study aimed to assess determinant factors of nurses\' knowledge of elderly care.
UNASSIGNED: A facility-based cross-sectional study design was employed from April 1 to 10, 2021, among 345 nurses. Respondents were selected by a simple random sampling technique. The data were collected through a self-administered structured questionnaire. The collected data were entered and analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science software version 25.0. A multivariable binary logistic regression was used to identify factors significantly associated with the knowledge of nurses about elderly care.
UNASSIGNED: The response rate of this study was 98.3%. More than half of the respondents were female (51.6%) and 38.3% were single in marital status. Being knowledgeable among nurses about elderly care was 51.9%. Ever living with the elderly (adjusted odd ratio [AOR]: 3.62; 95% CI: 1.661, 7.89) and taking geriatric care training (AOR: 5.209, 95% CI: 2.771, 9.79) were positively associated with the knowledge of nurses toward elderly care while work experience <5 years (AOR: 0.305; 95% CI: 0.134, 0,696), and work experience 5-10 years (AOR: 0.359; 95% CI: 0.15, 0.864) were negatively associated with the knowledge of nurses toward elderly care.
UNASSIGNED: The knowledge of nurses about elderly care was moderate. Ever lived with the elderly, work experience, and taking geriatric care training contributed to nurses\' knowledge about elderly care. Therefore, hospital administrators and the Ministry of Health should facilitate training, design, and implement standard guidelines on nursing practice for elderly care.