Factors associated with knowledge of the nursing staff at a teaching hospital on blood transfusion

Authors

  • Jordânia Lumênia Tavares
  • Elizabeth Barichello Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Ana Lúcia De Mattia Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Maria Helena Barbosa Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0024.2593

Abstract

Objective: to determine whether there is an association between knowledge of the nursing professionals about blood transfusion and the variables related to the professional aspects.Method: this is an observational, cross-sectional and quantitative study, carried out at a large general teaching hospital. The sample consisted of 209 nursing professionals, obtained by simple random sampling. For data collection, a checklist was used. In the univariate analysis, descriptive statistics and central trend and dispersion measures were used. In the bivariate analysis, Student's t-Test, analysis of variance and Pearson's correlation were used. To determine the predictors, multiple linear regression was applied. The Institutional Review Board (Opinion number 2434) approved the study.Results: the overall average knowledge score was 52.66%; in the Pre-transfusion Step, it corresponded to 53.38%; in the Transfusion Step 51.25% and, in the Post-transfusion Step, 62.68%. The factors related to knowledge were professional category and received training and/or guidance to accomplish the transfusion process (p<0.01).Conclusion: this study showed the influence of training and guidance on the knowledge and provided a diagnosis to identify the professionals' difficulties regarding the transfusion process.

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Published

2015-08-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2015)

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Factors associated with knowledge of the nursing staff at a teaching hospital on blood transfusion . (2015). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 23(4), 595-602. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0024.2593