Velonaki Venetia-Sofia, Kampouroglou Georgios, Velonaki Martha, Dimakopoulou Konstantina, Sourtzi Panayiota, Kalokerinou Athena
Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Disabil Health J. 2015 Jan;8(1):109-17. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2014.08.005. Epub 2014 Aug 15.
Deaf sign language users experience severe health disparities which could be decreased with the modification of some factors associated with health professionals' attitudes, knowledge and behaviors. Relevant research referring to nurses is almost inexistent.
This study aimed to examine Greek nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practices toward Deaf people and determine the factors that influence these parameters.
The sample consisted of 200 randomly selected nurses working in 2 public hospitals and 2 public health centers in Attica, Greece. Data was collected from November 2010 to May 2011, using a questionnaire inquiring for demographics, previous contact with Deaf people or other people with disabilities, relevant education, practices, feelings and self-efficacy for caring for Deaf patients, knowledge and attitudes toward them and interest in being educated in such issues.
A lack of relevant knowledge and education was observed. Relevant education was found to be positively correlated with knowledge (rho = 0.225, p = 0.003). Self-efficacy was found to be positively correlated with the contact with Deaf people score (rho = 0.358, p < 0.001). The participants who have avoided caring for Deaf patients had a statistically significantly lower mean score of self-efficacy (p < 0.001). No correlation was found between the contact and knowledge scores and between relevant education or contact and attitudes. The majority (64.8%) were interested in attending a relevant educational program.
Our findings support that appropriate educational programs, including contact with Deaf people, could contribute to the improvement of nurses' knowledge and behavior toward Deaf people and would be welcomed by the majority.
使用手语的聋人面临严重的健康差距，通过改变一些与医疗专业人员的态度、知识和行为相关的因素，这种差距可能会缩小。几乎不存在关于护士的相关研究。
本研究旨在调查希腊护士对聋人的知识、态度和实践，并确定影响这些参数的因素。
样本包括在希腊阿提卡的2家公立医院和2家公共卫生中心随机抽取的200名护士。2010年11月至2011年5月收集数据，使用一份问卷询问人口统计学信息、以前与聋人或其他残疾人的接触情况、相关教育、实践、照顾聋人患者的感受和自我效能感、对他们的知识和态度以及对接受此类问题教育的兴趣。
观察到缺乏相关知识和教育。发现相关教育与知识呈正相关（rho = 0.225，p = 0.003）。发现自我效能感与与聋人接触得分呈正相关（rho = 0.358，p < 0.001）。避免照顾聋人患者的参与者的自我效能感平均得分在统计学上显著较低（p < 0.001）。在接触得分与知识得分之间以及相关教育或接触与态度之间未发现相关性。大多数（64.8%）对参加相关教育项目感兴趣。
我们的研究结果支持，包括与聋人接触在内的适当教育项目有助于改善护士对聋人的知识和行为，并且会受到大多数人的欢迎。
