Assessment of Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceived Barriers to Expressed Pressure Ulcer Prevention Practice in Addis Ababa Government Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015
Table 8
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with expressed pressure ulcer prevention practice in Addis Ababa government hospitals, 2015.
Variables
Expressed pressure ulcer prevention practice
Response
Poor
Good
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
value (overall)
Overall knowledge
Inadequate knowledge
52 (81.3%)
24 (18.2%)
0.51 (0.024, 0.111)
0.29 (0.010, 0.085)
0.001
Adequate Knowledge
12 (18.8%)
108 (81.8%)
1.00
1.00
Overall attitude
Unfavorable attitude
27 (42.2%)
35 (26.5%)
1.00
1.00
0.508
Favorable attitude
37 (57.8%)
97 (73.5%)
2.022 (1.078, 3.793)
1.387 (0.526, 3.652)
Disproportionate nurse to patient ratio
Yes
50 (78.1%)
83 (62.9%)
0.474 (0.238, 0.945)
0.294 (0.093, 0.927)
0.037
No
14 (22%)
49 (37.1%)
1.00
1.00
Lack of policies and guidelines
Yes
46 (71.9%)
52 (39.4%)
0.254 (0.133, 0.486)
0.213 (0.076, 0.596)
0.003
No
18 (28.1%)
80 (60.6%)
1.00
1.00
Lack of evidence supported by research
Yes
35 (54.7%)
50 (37.9%)
0.505 (0.276, 0.925)
1.629 (0.541, 4.901)
0.385
No
29 (45.3%)
82 (62.1%)
1.00
1.00
Lack of job satisfaction
Yes
55 (85.9%)
71 (53.8%)
0.190 (0.087, 0.417)
0.111 (0.037, 0.334)
0.001
No
9 (14.1%)
61 (46.2%)
1.00
1.00
Lack of PU related knowledge
Yes
33 (51.6%)
48 (36.4%)
0.537 (0.293, 0.983)
0.699 (0.253, 1.932)
0.490
No
31 (48.4%)
84 (63.6%)
1.00
1.00
1.00 = reference; value < 0.05 (significant) at 95% confidence interval.
