Asiri Saeed, Kerari Ali
Nursing Administration and Education Department, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nurs Open. 2025 Jan;12(1):e70131. doi: 10.1002/nop2.70131.
To assess the knowledge, attitudes and engagement of nursing interns regarding fall prevention activities during their internship within hospital settings.
This study used a cross-sectional design.
This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study. A convenience sample of 187 nursing interns was recruited from three hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was administered to the participants to collect data on their demographics, knowledge, attitudes and engagement in fall prevention. The collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
The participants exhibited insufficient knowledge, relatively negative attitudes and acceptable fall prevention engagement. There was a low-to-moderate positive association only between attitude and fall prevention engagement. Moreover, hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that attitude was the only predictor for fall prevention engagement.
Fall prevention is an important subject that needs more attention from nursing programmes in universities and preceptorship programmes in hospitals to enhance nursing interns' attitudes, knowledge and practices in this regard.
The findings of this research could be beneficial for clinical coordinators and faculty members to enhance nursing interns' engagement in preventing falls among at-risk patients.
Participants were not involved in the design, conduct, reporting or dissemination of this research.
评估护理实习生在医院实习期间对预防跌倒活动的知识、态度和参与情况。
本研究采用横断面设计。
这是一项横断面描述性相关性研究。从沙特阿拉伯利雅得的三家医院招募了187名护理实习生作为便利样本。向参与者发放问卷，收集其人口统计学信息、预防跌倒的知识、态度和参与情况的数据。使用描述性和推断性统计方法对收集到的数据进行分析。
参与者表现出知识不足、态度相对消极以及预防跌倒参与度尚可。态度与预防跌倒参与度之间仅存在低到中度的正相关。此外，分层多元回归分析表明，态度是预防跌倒参与度的唯一预测因素。
预防跌倒是一个重要课题，大学护理课程和医院带教计划需要给予更多关注，以提高护理实习生在这方面的态度、知识和实践能力。
本研究结果可能有助于临床协调员和教员提高护理实习生参与预防高危患者跌倒的积极性。
参与者未参与本研究的设计、实施、报告或传播。
