ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, PRACTICE TOWARDS OXYGEN THERAPY FOR CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG NURSES WORKING AT UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL NORTHWEST, ETHIOPIA, 2021. AN INSTITUTION BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

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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