Abstract:
Abstract
Background: Administering oxygen therapy has an essential role in preventing/managing
hypoxemia in both acute and chronic conditions. Oxygen therapy of critically ill patients is major
aspects of patient care and will be effective on basis to the core responsibility of health care workers
to take care of patient comfort. So that, required knowledge, good practice and positive attitudes
about oxygen therapy are key elements towards that aspect of care.
Objective: To Assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Oxygen Therapy for Critically Ill
patients and Associated factors among Nurses working at University of Gondar Comprehensive
Specialized Hospital, 2021
Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted at University of Gondar
University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from May 23 to June 07, 2021.
Single population proportion formula was used to determine sample size. Stratified sampling
was used to select total of 421 nurses. Both bivariable and multivariable binary logistic
regression model were used for statistical analysis. Adjusted odds ratio was used as the
measure of association. P-value less than 0.05 at 95% confidence interval were considered as
statistically significant. Hosmer-Lemeshow test was used to check for model goodness-of-fit.
Results: Total of 400 nurses was participated with a response rate of 95%. The mean age of the
participants was 32.09 ± 5.08 years. The overall results of good knowledge, positive attitude and
good practice were 33% (95% CI: 28.5-37.2), 53.8% (95% CI: 49.3-58.8) and 47% (95% CI: 41.8-
51.8) respectively. Age of 30-39 year (AOR; 1.74, 95% CI: 1.03- 2.92), masters degree (AOR:
7.731, 95% CI 2.507-23.846), reading guidelines (AOR; 4.34, 95% CI: 2.23-8.43) and good
practice (AOR; 1.89, 95% CI: 1.17-3.03) were found significantly associated with good knowledge
whereas reading guideline (AOR; 2.13, 95% CI: 1.23-3.71) was found significantly associated with
positive attitude and age of 40 year (AOR; 3.17, 95% CI:1.42-7.08), good knowledge (AOR;
1.74, 95% CI; 1.11-2.74) and labeling of volume of cylinder (AOR; 2.51, 95% CI: 1.36-4.63), were
found significant with good practice
