Obirikorang Yaa, Obirikorang Christian, Anto Enoch Odame, Acheampong Emmanuel, Batu Emmanuella Nsenbah, Macaulary Flora, Paavire Christopher Kwaku, Amankwaa Bright
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Allied Sciences, Garden City University College (GCUC), Kenyasi, Kumasi, Ghana.
Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
BMC Res Notes. 2017 Dec 19;10(1):747. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-3094-7.
This study assessed the knowledge of bloodless medicine (BM) among nurses at the medical and surgical directorate of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. A paper questionnaire was administered to 322 nurses to obtain information on socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge of BM.
More than half (52.1%) of the nurses were aware of BM. The major source of information on BM was from the internet. Out of the study population, 90.1% knew iron therapy as BM strategy. The largest proportions of the participants (51.2%) had witnessed BM treatment at the medical and surgical directorate with the Tot'hema (44.6%) being the major used drug. Flu-like symptoms (37.0%) and organ damage (50.0%) were the commonly known side effects of BM respectively. Most of the participants (97.5%) knew that doctors request for blood transfusion. The major known reason for demand of BM was religious beliefs (53.7%). Higher percentages (71.9%) of the participants were not aware of bloodless surgery although the few who were aware, had heard of this through an internet search. Participants were generally aware of BM but less knowledgeable of specific components of BM. There is the need for prompt hospital and public health education through workshops and in-service training.
本研究评估了Komfo Anokye教学医院内科和外科护理人员对无血医学（BM）的了解情况。向322名护士发放了纸质问卷，以获取有关社会人口统计学特征和无血医学知识的信息。
超过一半（52.1%）的护士知晓无血医学。无血医学信息的主要来源是互联网。在研究人群中，90.1%的人知道铁疗法是无血医学策略。最大比例的参与者（51.2%）在内科和外科目睹过无血医学治疗，其中托特马（44.6%）是主要使用的药物。流感样症状（37.0%）和器官损伤（50.0%）分别是无血医学常见的已知副作用。大多数参与者（97.5%）知道医生会要求输血。无血医学需求的主要已知原因是宗教信仰（53.7%）。较高比例（71.9%）的参与者不知道有非输血手术，尽管少数知晓的人是通过互联网搜索了解到的。参与者总体上知晓无血医学，但对无血医学的具体组成部分了解较少。需要通过研讨会和在职培训及时开展医院和公共卫生教育。
