OBJECTIVES: to assess Primary Health Care physicians and nurses' knowledge about initial care for burn patients. METHODS: a descriptive cross-sectional survey of 71 professionals between February 19 and March 30, 2018. A validated questionnaire was used to assess knowledge through the correct answers obtained in the tool; Mann-Whitney test to compare professionals' level of knowledge; and logistic regression to investigate the association with other variables. RESULTS: there was an overall wrong answer rate of 40.27% in a tool applied to the subject in relation to physicians and 45.59% of nurses, with no statistically significant difference among them (p=0.27). There was a positive association between level of knowledge and length of practice in Primary Health Care (p=0.043). 29.19% of physicians and 14.89% of nurses knew the Ministry of Health's flowchart for initial care for burn victims. CONCLUSIONS: professionals had a low level of knowledge associated with their time in Primary Health Care.
OBJECTIVES: to assess Primary Health Care physicians and nurses' knowledge about initial care for burn patients. METHODS: a descriptive cross-sectional survey of 71 professionals between February 19 and March 30, 2018. A validated questionnaire was used to assess knowledge through the correct answers obtained in the tool; Mann-Whitney test to compare professionals' level of knowledge; and logistic regression to investigate the association with other variables. RESULTS: there was an overall wrong answer rate of 40.27% in a tool applied to the subject in relation to physicians and 45.59% of nurses, with no statistically significant difference among them (p=0.27). There was a positive association between level of knowledge and length of practice in Primary Health Care (p=0.043). 29.19% of physicians and 14.89% of nurses knew the Ministry of Health's flowchart for initial care for burn victims. CONCLUSIONS: professionals had a low level of knowledge associated with their time in Primary Health Care.
Authors: Homaidan T Alhomaidan; Zafar Rasheed; Manal M Alsudais; Asma M AlMutairi; Khawlah A Alzaben; Sara M AlMutairi; Lamees I Alissa; Adel M Widyan; Abdullah S Alkhamiss; Sharifa K Alduraibi; Waleed Al Abdulmonem Journal: Int J Burns Trauma Date: 2021-06-15