Jayaweerasingham Mathanki, Angulmaduwa Sacheera, Liyanapathirana Veranja
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
BMC Res Notes. 2019 Sep 18;12(1):601. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4640-2.
Nurses are the main communication link for healthcare messages to hospitalized patients and also play a crucial role in preventing the emergence and spread antibiotic resistant bacteria through antibiotic stewardship and infection control programmes. This requires them to possess correct knowledge and attitudes towards antibiotic use and resistance. This study was carried out to identify the level of knowledge, attitude and practices on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance among student nurses.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a pre-validated, self-administered questionnaire with closed and open ended questions, among 199 student nurses at a government nurses training school in Sri Lanka. Scores and proportions were analysed with non-parametric methods and thematic analysis was done for the qualitative data. The study cohort had a mean knowledge score of 71.9% (SD 14). However, close to 40% believed that taking antibiotics will help to prevent cold from worsening and make recovery faster. Infection control was identified as the main method that nurses can engage in preventing antibiotic resistance. While the knowledge among our study cohort appeared to be good, some misbeliefs were present. Our findings can be used in developing the nursing curricula on antibiotic use and resistance.
护士是向住院患者传递医疗保健信息的主要沟通纽带，并且在通过抗生素管理和感染控制计划预防抗生素耐药菌的出现和传播方面也发挥着关键作用。这就要求他们对抗生素的使用和耐药性具备正确的知识和态度。开展这项研究是为了确定实习护士在抗生素使用和抗生素耐药性方面的知识、态度和实践水平。
在斯里兰卡一所政府护士培训学校的199名实习护士中，使用一份经过预验证的、包含封闭式和开放式问题的自填式问卷进行了一项描述性横断面研究。采用非参数方法分析得分和比例，并对定性数据进行主题分析。该研究队列的平均知识得分为71.9%（标准差14）。然而，近40%的人认为服用抗生素有助于预防感冒恶化并加快康复速度。感染控制被确定为护士可参与预防抗生素耐药性的主要方法。虽然我们研究队列中的知识水平似乎不错，但仍存在一些错误观念。我们的研究结果可用于制定关于抗生素使用和耐药性的护理课程。
