Abebe Ayele Mamo, Kassaw Mesfin Wudu, Shewangashaw Nathan Estifanos
Primary author: Department of nursing, Debre Birhan Health Sciences College, 37 Debre Birhan, Amhara Ethiopia.
Department of nursing, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, Amhara Ethiopia.
BMC Nurs. 2019 Nov 29;18:60. doi: 10.1186/s12912-019-0387-2. eCollection 2019.
Poisoning is a major health problem worldwide, and it causes significant morbidity and mortality. It is estimated that 350,000 people died worldwide from unintentional poisoning. The purpose of this study is to assess nurses' knowledge and practice on the initial management of acute poisoning among nurses in Dessie referral hospital, Amhara region, Ethiopia.
Hospital based cross sectional study was conducted from January 2018 to June 2018. Simple Random sampling technique was used to select the samples. Data was collected by using self-administered structured questioners. Data were cleansed, checked for completeness and entered into SPSS version 20 for analyses. Statistical measures of Central tendency, T-test and ANOVA were used in determining the association between independent and dependent variables.
Based on the given 13 items to assess the general knowledge of nurses on poisoning, the score ranges from 2 to 9 with the range of 7 with the mean score of 7.48(SD-0. 0.839) for the entire respondents that was 57.5% for the given items that was less than 75% which was unsatisfactory level of knowledge. The mean score of general knowledge on poisoning was high among nurses who had training on initial management of poisoning than those nurses who had not the training.
All Dessie referral nurses that participated in this study had unsatisfactory general knowledge on poisoning, knowledge on initial management of acute poisoning and self-reported practice. The major implication of these study findings on the health system is the importance of ensuring support to nurses' health care services for early detection and management of poisoning.
中毒是一个全球性的重大健康问题，会导致严重的发病率和死亡率。据估计，全球有35万人死于意外中毒。本研究的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉州德西转诊医院护士对急性中毒初始处理的知识和实践情况。
于2018年1月至2018年6月进行了一项基于医院的横断面研究。采用简单随机抽样技术选取样本。通过使用自行填写的结构化问卷收集数据。对数据进行清理、检查完整性，并录入SPSS 20版本进行分析。使用集中趋势统计量、t检验和方差分析来确定自变量和因变量之间的关联。
基于给定的13项内容来评估护士对中毒的一般知识，得分范围为2至9分，跨度为7分，所有受访者的平均得分为7.48（标准差-0.839），对于给定项目，得分低于75%的占57.5%，这表明知识水平不令人满意。接受过中毒初始处理培训的护士对中毒的一般知识平均得分高于未接受培训的护士。
参与本研究的所有德西转诊医院护士对中毒的一般知识、急性中毒初始处理知识以及自我报告的实践情况均不令人满意。这些研究结果对卫生系统的主要影响在于确保为护士的医疗服务提供支持以早期发现和处理中毒的重要性。
