Journals / Selçuk Tıp Dergisi / 2000 / Cilt: 16 - Sayı: 3
Evaluation of AIDS knowledge and attitude of nurses working in Selçuk University Medical Faculty Hospital
- Journal
- Selçuk Tıp Dergisi
- Pages
- 139–150
- DOI
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Abstract
In this study, investigation of the knowledge and attitudes of the nurses about the characteristics of AIDS, spreading ways and prevention was aimed. Totally 236 nurses working in Selçuk University Medical Faculty Hospital were included in this study and were interviewed in March 1999. The mean age of the nurses was 24.3 ± 4.3. Nearly 1/3 of the nurses declared that they had participated some educative programs about AIDS previously. 52.1 % of the nurses claimed that there was no difference between having HIV or AIDS disease. 89.0 % of the nurses said that HIV transmission is possible with sexual course without using condom and 56.8 % said that HIV transmission is possible with oral sex. The question of "How do you act to an AIDS patient" was answered as "I take preventive measures" by 54.2 % of the nurses. 6.8 % of the nurses said that injectors must be discarded without removing its needle and without closing its cover, 68.6 % said that infected incising tools must be put into resistant boxes. 82.6 % evaluated herself as under the risk of HIV, 20.3 % said that they must have right to refuse medical applications to an AIDS patient. The mean knowledge score of the nurses was 66.7 ± 9.7. The majority of the knowledge deficiency was about the ways of AIDS prevention. The nurses are generally working very close to the patients. So, they should be educated periodically about transmission and prevention of AIDS disease to get correct, adequate and updated knowledge about it.
Özet
Bu çalismada, hemsirelerin AIDS'in özellikleri, bulasma ve korunma yollari konularindaki bilgi ve tutumlarinin incelenmesi amaçlanmistir. Selçuk Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Hastanesi'nde görevli 236 hemsireye Mart 1999'da bir anket uygulanmistir. Hemsirelerin yas ortalamalari 24.3 ± 4.3 bulunmustur. Yaklasik 1/3'ü AIDS konulu bir egitim programina katildigini belirtmistir. % 52.1'i HIV (+)'ligi ile AIDS hastaligi arasinda bir fark olmadigini belirtmistir. Kondomsuz cinsel temasla HIV geçisinin olabilecegini söyleyenlerin orani % 89.0 iken, oral seksle geçis olabilecegini söyleyenlerin orani % 56.8 olarak saptanmistir. HIV (+) hastaya yaklasiminiz nasil olur sorusuna % 54.2'si "Koruyucu önlemler alarak gerekeni yaparim" demistir. Hemsirelerin % 6.8'i infekte bir enjektörün, igne ucu enjektörden çikartilmadan, kapak kapatilmadan atilmasi gerektigini, % 68.6'si infekte kesici aletlerin delinmeye dirençli kutulara atilmasi gerektigini söylemistir. % 82.6'si kendilerini HIV infeksiyonu yönünden risk altinda gördügünü, % 20.3'ü de saglik personelinin AIDS'li bir hastaya tibbi müdahale yapmayi kabul etmeme hakki olmasi gerektigini söylemistir. Hemsirelerin bilgi puan ortalamalarinin 66.7 ± 9.7 oldugu, bilgi yetersizliginin en çok korunma yollari konusunda oldugu bulunmustur. Hastayla sürekli yakin temasta bulunan hemsirelerin AIDS hastaliginin bulasma ve korunma yollari konusunda yeterli, dogru ve güncel bilgiye sahip olabilmeleri için planli ve sürekli egitim almalari gerekmektedir.