Eirinidou Panagiota, Gerogianni Georgia, Vasilopoulos Georgios, Kalemikerakis Ioannis, Kalogianni Antonia, Kaba Evridiki, Fasoi Georgia, Zartaloudi Afroditi, Kelesi Martha
Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023;1425:603-608. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-31986-0_58.
Pressure ulcers have high prevalence in patients and can be prevented with proper nursing interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate nurses' knowledge about prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. The present study was conducted with 111 nurses working in a General hospital in Greece. In this study, nurses had adequate knowledge about prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. Respondents answered correctly in questions about staging of pressure ulcers (98.2%, 98.2%, 99.1%, 97.3%, 93.7%), the role of changing position in prevention of pressure ulcer (97.3%), the use of foam mattress (85.6%) and stretched sheets (92.8%), the use of antiseptic solution (95.5%, 85.6%), and interventions to reduce pressure on patients' heels (88.3%). A number of participants had adequate level of knowledge in the questions about the role of diet in healing of pressure ulcers (71.2%), products or devices for prevention or treatment of pressure ulcers (61.3%, 36.9%), healing of pressure ulcers (58.6%, 46.8%), prevention of bone pressure ulcers (31.5%), cleaning of a pressure ulcer (52.3%), and the role of low blood pressure as a risk factor for pressure ulcer (55.9%). However, the development of educational programs can help nurses to improve their knowledge about prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.
压疮在患者中患病率很高，通过适当的护理干预可以预防。本研究的目的是评估护士关于压疮预防和治疗的知识。本研究对在希腊一家综合医院工作的111名护士进行。在本研究中，护士对压疮的预防和治疗有足够的知识。受访者在关于压疮分期（98.2%、98.2%、99.1%、97.3%、93.7%）、改变体位在预防压疮中的作用（97.3%）、使用泡沫床垫（85.6%）和拉伸床单（92.8%）、使用防腐溶液（95.5%、85.6%）以及减轻患者足跟压力的干预措施（88.3%）等问题上回答正确。许多参与者在关于饮食在压疮愈合中的作用（71.2%）、预防或治疗压疮的产品或装置（61.3%、36.9%）、压疮的愈合（58.6%、46.8%）、预防骨压疮（31.5%）、压疮的清洁（52.3%）以及低血压作为压疮危险因素的作用（55.9%）等问题上有足够的知识水平。然而，开展教育项目有助于护士提高他们关于压疮预防和治疗的知识。
