Etafa Werku, Argaw Zeleke, Gemechu Endalew, Melese Belachew
Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Wollega Unversity, Samara, Ethiopia.
2School of Nursing, College of Health Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
BMC Nurs. 2018 Apr 16;17:14. doi: 10.1186/s12912-018-0282-2. eCollection 2018.
The presence or absence of pressure ulcers has been generally regarded as a performance measure of quality nursing care and overall patient health. The aim of this study- wasto explorenurses' attitude about pressure ulcer prevention'and to identify staff nurses' perceived barriers to pressure ulcer prevention public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A self-reported multi-center institutional based cross sectional study design was employed to collect data from staff nurses ( = 222) working in six (6) selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa, from April 01-28/2015.
Majority of the nurses had ( = 116, 52.2%) negative attitude towards pressure ulcer prevention. The mean scores of the test for all participants was 3.09out of 11(SD =0.92, range = 1-5). Similarly, the study revealed several barriers need to be resolved to put in to practice the strategies of pressure ulcer prevention; Heavy workload and inadequate staff (lack of tie) (83.1%), shortage of resources/equipment (67.7%) and inadequate training (63.2%) were among the major barriers identified in the study.
The study finding suggests that Addis Ababa nurses have negative attitude to pressure ulcer prevention. Also several barriers exist for implementing pressure ulcer prevention protocols in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Suggestion for improving this situation is attractive.
压疮的存在与否通常被视为优质护理和患者整体健康状况的一项绩效指标。本研究的目的是探讨护士对压疮预防的态度，并确定埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴公立医院的注册护士在压疮预防方面所感知到的障碍。
采用自填式多中心机构横断面研究设计，从2015年4月1日至28日在亚的斯亚贝巴六家选定公立医院工作的注册护士（n = 222）中收集数据。
大多数护士（n = 116，52.2%）对压疮预防持消极态度。所有参与者测试的平均得分在满分为11分的情况下为3.09分（标准差 = 0.92，范围 = 1 - 5）。同样，该研究揭示了为实施压疮预防策略需要解决的几个障碍；工作量大且人员不足（时间不够）（83.1%）、资源/设备短缺（67.7%）以及培训不足（63.2%）是该研究中确定的主要障碍。
研究结果表明，亚的斯亚贝巴的护士对压疮预防持消极态度。此外，在埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴的公立医院实施压疮预防方案存在若干障碍。改善这种情况的建议很有吸引力。
