Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Par Aliaa Ali Ahmed, Samar Faltas Marzouk Faltas et Dina Mohamed Maarouf.
Contenu en anglais
Lower respiratory tract infection is a broad definition that refers to a variety of infectious inflammatory diseases of the lower respiratory airways, among which acute bronchitis, acute bronchiolitis and pneumonia are major matters of concern.
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Identify risk factors of lower respiratory tract infection among patients with trauma in critical care units.
A descriptive research design.
This study was conducted at trauma intensive care unit, affiliated to Sohag University hospital, Sohag, Egypt. Subjects: A convenience sample of available nurses (40) and a purposive sample of adult patients (197). Tools: Data were collected through four tools: Patients’ assessment tool; Nurses assessment tool; Nurses’ opinion regarding environmental factors & Incidence of lower respiratory tract infection among patients with trauma in critical care unit.
85.0% of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge level & 92.5% of them had satisfactory practice level regarding care of patients with trauma. 80% of the studied nurses agree that environmental factors had positive effect on LRT infection, further (72.1%) of studied patients developed lower respiratory tract infections.
There was no statistically significant correlation between total nurses’ level of knowledge in the critical care unit and their total level of practice. Recommendation: providing training programs planned on regular basis to nurses caring of traumatic patients for enhancing nurses’ knowledge and practice to achieve high quality of care.
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