Study Of Nurses’ Awareness Of Prevention And Influence Factors On Pulmonary Tuberculosis

ObjectiveTo determine the level of Nurses’ awareness of prevention in regard topulmonary tuberculosis and explore its influencing factors so as to provide thereferences for the relevant departments on drafting pulmonary tuberculosis protectionstrategy.MethodsA total of697nurses in three grade A class3general hospitals of Changshamunicipality were recruited by the facilitating sampling method, and asked tocomplete the questionnaires such as Generalized Information Questionnaire, thequestionnaire of Knowledge, Attitude&Practice of prevention on pulmonarytuberculosis, the scale of Hospital Safety Climate. SPSS13.0software was used fordata analysis, the statistical analysis methods included descriptive statistics, one-wayANOVA, pearson intercorrelation, and multiple stepwise regression analysis．Results1. The average score of nurses’ awareness of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosiswas (99.43±9.68). The average score of nurses’ knowledge of prevention onpulmonary tuberculosis was (18.63±3.23). The highest score was (5.59±1.09) in thefield of transferring routine.The lowest scores was (3.84±1.37) in the field of drugcontrol; the mean attitude score was (41.62±5.97), the highest score was in the fieldof pulmonary tuberculosis knowledge needs, the lowest score was in willingness ofcare on pulmonary tuberculosis; the mean score of nurses’ practice of prevention onpulmonary tuberculosis was (39.18±4.60), the item mean score was (3.91±0.46).2. The average score of nurses’ knowledge of prevention on pulmonarytuberculosis existed significant differences in the items of ages, working years, jobtitles, wards and experience in care for pulmonary tuberculosis (P<0.05). The levelof nurses’practice of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosis was affected by the itemof experience in care for pulmonary tuberculosis (P<0.05). 3. The mean score of hospital safety climate was (104.31±12.04). The highestscore was in the field of training, the lowest score was attitude of management.4. The mean score of hospital safety climate was significant differences in items ofages, working years (P<0.05).5. Pearson correlation analysis showed that there were positive correlationsbetween knowledge and attitude (r=0.146, P<0.01), between attitude and practice(r=0.271, P<0.01), between knowledge and practice (r=0.200, P<0.01) respectively.The average score of nurses’ knowledge of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosiswas positively correlated to biosecurity equipment, training, work environment andsafety climate (P<0.05); the average score of nurses’ attitude and practice ofprevention on pulmonary tuberculosis was positively correlated to biosecurityequipment, work environment, attitude of management, trainings and safetyclimate(P<0.05).6. The average score of nurses’ knowledge of prevention on pulmonarytuberculosis was explained by13.5%with job titles, training, experience in care forpulmonary tuberculosis, age and nurses’ pulmonary tuberculosis attitude; theaverage score of nurses’ attitude of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosis wasexplained by10.0%with biosecurity equipment, attitude of management andnurses’knowledge of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosis; the average score ofnurses’ practice of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosis was explained by17.4%with nurses’ attitude of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosis, work environment,experience in care for pulmonary tuberculosis, nurses’ knowledge of prevention onpulmonary tuberculosis and biosecurity equipment.Conclusions1. The scores of nurses’ awareness of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosis wereat an intermediated level.2. Ages, working years, job titles, wards were the influencing factors of the scoreof nurses’ knowledge of prevention on pulmonary tuberculosis. The condition ofknowledge and practice in nurses who had experience in care for pulmonarytuberculosis was better than who had not.3. Nurses’ pulmonary tuberculosis knowledge, attitudes and practice influencedeach other. Hospital administrators should focus on the development of hospital safety climate to improve the levels of nurses’ awareness of prevention onPulmonary Tuberculosis.