[Evaluation of the grade of knowledge of the recommendations for the prevention and care of pressure sores in Critical Units]. / Evaluación del grado de conocimiento de las recomendaciones para la prevención y el cuidado de úlceras por presión en Unidades Críticas.

INTRODUCTION: The appearance of pressure sores (PS) is an event linked to the clinical safety of the patient and the available epidemiological information indicates that these injuries are a significant problem in the Critical Units. This present study aims to determine the grade of knowledge of the nurses in these Units on the evidence based recommendations of prevention and treatment of PS. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted in 8 Critical Units of 3 hospitals. SAMPLE: 171 nurses. INSTRUMENT: ad hoc self-administered questionnaire on evidence based recommendations regarding 11 preventive interventions and 11 of treatment of PS. The questions had 5 response options, 1 of them valid. Sociodemographic data and opinion data were also gathered. STATISTICS: descriptive, Spearman test. RESULTS: A total of 120 valid questionnaires were obtained. The mean known recommendations in prevention material was 6.53. Regarding treatment, it was 5.60. There is a negative correlation between the years of professional experience and knowledge on prevention recommendations. CONCLUSIONS: The grade of knowledge of the study nurses on the recommendations of PSs decreases with years of profession. These are better known that those of the treatment, but the general knowledge of the recommendations is far from best ideal.

Evaluación del grado de conocimiento de las recomendaciones para la prevención y el cuidado de úlceras por presión en Unidades Críticas / Evaluation of the grade of knowledge of the recommendations for the prevention and care of pressure sores in Critical Units

Introducción. La aparición de una úlcera por presión (UPP) es un suceso que está ligado a la seguridad clínica del paciente, y la información epidemiológica disponible indica que estas lesiones son un problema importante en las Unidades Críticas. El objetivo del presente estudio es determinar el grado de conocimiento de las enfermeras de estas Unidades sobre las recomendaciones basadas en evidencias de prevención y tratamiento de UPP. Metodología. Estudio descriptivo transversal realizado en 8 Unidades Críticas de 3 hospitales. La muestra se compone de 171 enfermeras. El instrumento utilizado fue un cuestionario ad hoc autoadministrado sobre recomendaciones basadas en evidencias respecto a 11 intervenciones preventivas y 11 de tratamiento de UPP. Las preguntas tienen 5 opciones de respuesta, 1 de ellas válida; se recogieron además datos sociodemográficos y de opinión. Se utiliza estadística descriptiva, mediante la prueba de Spearman. Resultados. Se recogieron 120 cuestionarios válidos. En materia de prevención, la media de recomendaciones conocidas fue de 6,53. Respecto al tratamiento ésta fue de 5,60. Existe una correlación negativa entre los años de experiencia profesional y los conocimientos sobre recomendaciones de prevención. Conclusiones. El grado de conocimiento de las enfermeras del estudio sobre las recomendaciones de prevención de UPP disminuye con los años de profesión. Se conocen mejor éstas que las de tratamiento, pero el conocimiento general de las recomendaciones dista de ser el ideal

Introduction. The appearance of pressure sores (PS) is an event linked to the clinical safety of the patient and the available epidemiological information indicates that these injuries are a significant problem in the Critical Units. This present study aims to determine the grade of knowledge of the nurses in these Units on the evidence based recommendations of prevention and treatment of PS. Methodology. Descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted in 8 Critical Units of 3 hospitals. Sample: 171 nurses. Instrument: ad hoc self-administered questionnaire on evidence based recommendations regarding 11 preventive interventions and 11 of treatment of PS. The questions had 5 response options, 1 of them valid. Sociodemographic data and opinion data were also gathered. Statistics: descriptive, Spearman test. Results. A total of 120 valid questionnaires were obtained. The mean known recommendations in prevention material was 6.53. Regarding treatment, it was 5.60. There is a negative correlation between the years of professional experience and knowledge on prevention recommendations. Conclusions. The grade of knowledge of the study nurses on the recommendations of PSs decreases with years of profession. These are better known that those of the treatment, but the general knowledge of the recommendations is far from best ideal