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Nurses’
knowledges about pressure ulcers and their determinants
José Antonio Esperón Güimil,
Dr. Francisco Luis Vázquez Vizoso
SUMMARY
Introduction: The
appearance of a pressure ulcer (UPP) is going to bring a whole series
of negative consequences. It has been related the training of the
nursing professionals to the decrease of the incidence of these
sores.
Objective: quantify the knowledge level of the nurses on
UPP, as well as to establish if that knowledge level is associated
to sociological characteristics and/or identificable professionals.
Material and methods: transverse study of prevalence through
questionnaire, designed ad hoc. The population of study was constituted
by the nurses (n= 556) of the hospitals belonging to the Hospital
Complexo of Pontevedra. They were measured, in a scale of 0 to 10
points, the Global Knowledge Punctuation (PGC-UPP) and partial knowledge
aspects of UPP: Knowledge of General Aspects, Knowledge of Prevention,
Knowledge of Treatment and Cares.
Results: The PGC-UPP is located in 7 points, being the
smaller punctuation in the aspects related to the Treatment and
Cares of the UPP. They do not exist differences estatistical meaningful
in the knowledge in function of the sex, of the years in the service
and of the areas of activity. The age of the nurses is associated
in negative sense with the knowledge of UPP, though these alone
differences present statistics meaning in the Prevention aspects.
With the profession years reduce the knowledge about all the aspects
of the UPP is reduced with the profession years. The greater is
the professional experience in the managing of the UPP, the greater
are the knowledges. Accomplishing courses, attending congresses,
etc., and making it recently is associated with a greater knowledge
level.
Discussion: It is still important the number of nurses
that have wrong information on certain aspects of the UPP, above
all in what is referring to the Prevention and in greater measure
on the Treatment and Cares. The training has a positive effect to
improve the knowledge of the nurses on the UPP.
KEY WORDS
Pressure ulcer, knowledge, prevention.
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