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KMID : 1033320180080020082
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Global Health & Nursing
2018 Volume.8 No. 2 p.82 ~ p.89
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Relationship between Pressure Injury Prevention Knowledge and Practice for Nursing Home Care Workers
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Choi Su-Young
Hur Bok-Yeo
Song Hyo-Jeong
Kim Yoon-Kyung
Park Eun-Ok
Hyun Mi-Yeul
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to provide basic data of the design of education program for nursing home care workers about pressure injury prevention. The purposes of this study were to identify care workers’ knowledge and practice of pressure injury prevention and to evaluate the relationship between knowledge and practice of pressure injury prevention.
Methods: The research design was a cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire. The participants were 90 care workers who were working in three nursing homes in Jeju city from September to November 2016.
Results: The mean scores of knowledge and practice were 5.59±1.09 (range 2.00~7.00) and 22.19±2.46 (range 12.00~24.00), respectively. A positive correlation was observed between knowledge and practice (r=.30, p=.004).
Conclusion: Knowledge on pressure injury prevention was found to be positively correlated with the practice of pressure injury prevention in nursing home care workers.
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KEYWORD
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Pressure, Injury, Knowledge, Practice
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