Practices and Barriers towards Physical Assessment among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Factors associated with the practice of nurses working in ICU towards physical assessment at Amhara regional state referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 ().
Variables
Categories
Crude unstandardized β coefficient (95% CI)
Adjusted unstandardized β coefficient (95% CI)
Sex
Male
0
0
Female
6.79 (1.13, 12.46)
3.89 (-0.58, 8.35)
Marital status
Married
0
0
Unmarried
0.83 (-5.29, 6.94)
6.10 (1.73, 10.46)
Educational level
Diploma
0
0
Degree
-1.86 (-19.56, 15.87)
9.84 (-3.62, 23.31)
Master
0.32 (-18.70, 19.35)
10.58 (-4.41, 25.57)
Training
No
0
0
Yes
22.49 (17.22, 27.75)
11.53 (6.34, 16.72)
Age in years
0.94 (0.20, 1.68)
-0.451 (-1.273, 0.372)
Total years of experience as a nurse
1.97 (0.87, 3.07)
1.368 (-0.234, 2.971)
Years of experience working in ICU
4.70 (1.17, 8.24)
-0.289 (-3.208, 2.629)
Knowledge
4.74 (3.96, 5.52)
2.81 (2.00, 3.63)
Attitude
1.81 (1.40, 2.22)
0.21 (-0.20, 0.62)
Reliance on others and technology
-1.48 (-1.83, -1.14)
-0.78 (-1.07, -0.48)
Lack of time and interruption
-1.67 (-2.30, -1.03)
0.160 (-0.500, 0.821)
Ward culture
-1.215 (-1.665, -0.766)
-0.48 (-0.85, -0.11)
Lack of confidence
-1.328 (-1.993, -0.663)
-0.16 (-0.71, 0.40)
Lack of nursing role model
-0.685 (-1.371, -0.001)
-0.54 (-1.06, -0.02)
Lack of influence on patient care
-0.417 (-0.956, 0.121)
0.191 (-0.21, 0.59)
Specialty area
-2.88 (-3.44, -2.31)
-1.46 (-2.01, -0.90)
Note: significant at (crude unstandardized β coefficient (95% CI)), significant at value < 0.05 (adjusted unstandardized β coefficient (95% CI)), CI: confidence interval; ICU: intensive care units.
