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. 2022 Nov 30:15:2257-2268.
doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S387124. eCollection 2022.

Clinical Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Catheter-Related Thrombosis and Its Influencing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Sha Peng  1   2 , Xiaoya Kong  1   2 , Guiyuan Ma  1   2 , Jianmei Hou  1 , Lingxia Luo  1 , Ran Xu  1   2 , Yuhua Fan  1 , Jinghui Zhang  1   2   3
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Clinical Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Catheter-Related Thrombosis and Its Influencing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Sha Peng et al. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. .

Abstract

Purpose: The present study aims to evaluate the current situation of knowledge, attitude and practice of clinical nurses in catheter-related thrombosis, analyze its influencing factors, enhance the attention of nursing managers and clinical nurses about catheter-related thrombosis, and provide a basis for formulating catheter-related thrombosis training plan.

Patients and methods: The research was conducted from January 1 to February 31, 2022, we recruited 549 nurses from two hospitals in Hunan province in this cross-sectional study using a two-stage random sampling method. We used a self-designed questionnaire with good reliability and validity to measure clinical nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practice toward catheter-related thrombosis. We used χ 2 test, Welch t-test, and multiple linear regression analysis to analyze the data.

Results: The knowledge of clinical nurses about catheter-related thrombosis was insufficient (55.00%), while the attitude was positive (88.49%) and the practice was inadequate (68.62%). Knowledge of clinical nurses was significantly associated with job title (β: 1.069, P<0.001), educational level (β: 0.094, P<0.05), and training times (β: 0.085, P<0.05), which were positive factors while whether they are specialized nurses in intravenous therapy (β: -0.126, P<0.05), and hospital level (β: -0.101, P<0.05) were negative factors. Training times (β: 0.166, P<0.001), job title (β: 0.099, P<0.019), and hospital level (β: 0.090, P<0.05) were associated factors of attitude. Moreover, training times (β: 0.255, P<0.001) was the only factor associated with the practice.

Conclusion: Although clinical nurses hold a positive attitude towards catheter-related thrombosis, their knowledge level was unsatisfactory and their practice was affected by many factors, suggesting that nursing managers should strengthen the training and skill assessment of catheter-related thrombosis. At the same time, the hospital can formulate relevant rules, regulations, and guidelines to reduce the incidence of catheter-related thrombosis.

Keywords: attitude; catheter-related thrombosis; clinical nurses; knowledge; practice.

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