Original Article
Status of knowledge, attitude and practice of perioperative prevention of venous thromboembolism among Operating Room nurses: a survey and analysis study
Liu Qingxia, Wang Wei, Sun Yuhong
Published 2021-10-06
Cite as Chin J Mod Nurs, 2021, 27(28): 3809-3815. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20210117-00240
Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate and analyze status of knowledge, attitude and practice of perioperative prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) among Operating Room nurses, so as to provide guidance for VTE prevention.
MethodsUsing the convenient sampling method, a total of 2 728 Operating Room nurses from 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China were investigated with an electronic questionnaire from February to April 2020. The questionnaire included Basic Information Questionnaire, VTE Prevention Status Questionnaire and Perioperative VTE Prevention Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Questionnaire. A total of 2 728 questionnaires were issued, and 2 512 were effectively returned, with an effective recovery rate of 92.08%.
Results79.50% (1 997/2 512) of nurses said that their hospitals had VTE prevention and treatment system and 79.78% (2 004/2 512) of nurses said that their hospitals had relevant training on intraoperative VTE prevention. 67.08% (1 685/2 512) of the nurses' departments had VTE prevention work and 59.95% (1 506/2 512) of the nurses' departments had adequate VTE prevention equipment. The knowledge score, attitude score and behavior score of perioperative VTE prevention questionnaire of Operating Room nurses were (16.18±4.26) , (45.64±4.95) and (78.69±16.36) , respectively. There were statistically significant differences in scores of knowledge dimension of the questionnaire among nurses with different educational background, professional title, position, post and follow-up surgery conditions (P<0.05) . There were statistically significant differences in scores of attitude dimension of the questionnaire among nurses with different professional titles, positions and follow-up surgery conditions (P<0.05) . There were statistically significant differences in practice dimension scores of nurses with different ages, working years, educational background, professional title and position (P<0.05) .
ConclusionsManagers should pay attention to the nursing work of preventing VTE in the Operating Room. The Operating Room nurses have insufficient knowledge about perioperative prevention of VTE prevention. Therefore, their prevention attitude needs to be improved and prevention behavior needs to be improved.
Key words:
Operating Room; Nurses; Venous thromboembolism; Knowledge, attitude and practice
Contributor Information
Liu Qingxia
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
Wang Wei
Nursing Department, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
Sun Yuhong
Surgical Anesthesia Department, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
