99 What is the Attitude and Knowledge of Malaysian Nurses Towards Falls in the Hospital? | Zendy

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99 What is the Attitude and Knowledge of Malaysian Nurses Towards Falls in the Hospital?

Author(s) -

Elizabeth Gar Mit Chong,

Roslawati Ramli,

Fadhilah Ramli,

Weng Keong Yau,

Che Ku Mohd Fairuz Che Ku Abdullah

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afz164.99

Subject(s) - medicine , kuala lumpur , nursing , family medicine , multidisciplinary approach , curriculum , psychology , social science , pedagogy , marketing , sociology , business

Background Fall prevention programs are multidisciplinary, but nursing care plays a central and important role. However, management of falls are not addressed in the nursing clinical training curriculum in Malaysia. Methodology This study was conducted in Hospital Kuala Lumpur in the month of April and May 2019. A structured questionnaire with 10 questions on attitudes of a nurse in the management of falls and 10 questions on knowledge of falls in the hospital were distributed randomly to nurses of the Medical and Oncology departments. Results There were 260 participants: Medical (73%) and Oncology (27%). Among all the subjects, 84% were female. 17% of the subjects were junior nurses (less than 1 year of service) and 15.2% were seniors (>10 years of service). Majority only had a basic diploma in nursing (97%). The average score of the nurses’ attitude towards falls was 9 points, where 85.4% had a score of 8 or more, representing a good attitude towards the understanding of their role as a nurse in the management of falls. In view to knowledge, the average score was 8 and 19% scored full marks. Those who had worked for longer for the organisation and nurses from the medical department had more respondents scoring full marks. The nurses with poorer attitude are reflected by their lower average knowledge score of 6, 2 marks lower than those with a good attitude. Conclusion The study showed that the Malaysian nurses have a very good attitude towards the management and prevention of falls. This study showed that attitude of the nurse in the prevention of falls is correlated to their knowledge about falls. Therefore, nursing management of falls should be routinely introduced into the nursing curriculum. References 1. MH Kim, HW Jeon, MY Chon, Study on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Falls and Awareness of Fall Risk Factors Among Nursing Students, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 8(S1), 74-80, 2015 2. M Ganabathi. Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) on fall prevention among nurses at King Abdulaziz Hospital, Saudi Arabia, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:5 (Suppl)

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