Nurses Knowledge Regarding Self-Care of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis in Medical Wards at Hospitals
Abstract:
In nursing care, it is crucial to encourage
patients to engage in self-care activities. The nurses assist patients in
taking care of themselves for better health and symptom management. The study
aimed to assess nurses' knowledge about the self-care of patients suffering
from liver cirrhosis in medical wards at hospitals in Mosul city. A descriptive
study was adopted, and the study period started from the 17th of
November 2023 to the 30th of May 2024. A convenience sample
consisted of 150) participants of nurses; the sample was taken from the nurses
in medical wards in hospitals. A questionnaire contains the first part, which
has demographic data (age, sex, marital status, residence, and service years).
The second part of this tool involves (15) questions for nurses' knowledge
regarding the self-care of patients with liver cirrhosis. Each question has two
relevant statements (yes or no). The analysis data was obtained through
descriptive and inferential statistics. In the study, the nurses’ age group was
(43.3%) between 25-29 years, male (60.7%), and (54.7%) were married, and lived
in urban residences. Nurses' knowledge is inadequate in 46.7% of them.
Moreover, there is a strong correlation between the service years and the
knowledge possessed by nurses. Three-quarters of the nurses who participated in
the study had insufficient knowledge about how to take self-care when their
patients had liver cirrhosis. A strong correlation was observed between the number of years of
employment and the level of knowledge that nurses held. At the same time, a
one-way analysis of variance revealed that the other demographic information
had no bearing on the expertise of nurses.
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