Nurses’ knowledge of pressure ulcer management related to monitoring the financial costs of pressure ulcer treatment: a prospective intervention study

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14110%2F25%3A00144733" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14110/25:00144733 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://journals.cambridgemedia.com.au/jwm/volume-26-number-2/nurses-knowledge-pressure-ulcer-management-related-monitoring-financial-costs-pressure-ulcer-treatment-prospective-intervention/10.35279/jowm2025.26.02.03" target="_blank" >https://journals.cambridgemedia.com.au/jwm/volume-26-number-2/nurses-knowledge-pressure-ulcer-management-related-monitoring-financial-costs-pressure-ulcer-treatment-prospective-intervention/10.35279/jowm2025.26.02.03</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.35279/jowm2025.26.02.03" target="_blank" >10.35279/jowm2025.26.02.03</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Nurses’ knowledge of pressure ulcer management related to monitoring the financial costs of pressure ulcer treatment: a prospective intervention study

Original language description

Background A good level of knowledge among healthcare professionals in pressure ulcer (PU) management is integral to monitoring the cost-effectiveness of PU responses. Aim The study aimed to assess the level of nurses' knowledge about the management of PUs through a standardised Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test (PUKT) questionnaire at different stages: before and after targeted education. Design This was a prospective intervention study using the PUKT with pre-test, online education, post-test I, face-to-face education, and post-test II phases. Settings 117 nurses (pre-test), 106 nurses (post-test I after online education), and 145 nurses (post-test II after face-to-face education) from a Czech university hospital's Surgical, Internal, and Anaesthesiology Departments. Full stratified sampling was used. Method Statistical analysis of the data was performed using the Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test, a nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test, and Mann-Whitney rank test at the statistical level &lt;0.05 and multiple linear regression. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 28.0 software was used for calculations. Results The pre-test and post-test I score were consistent (74.2% and 74.1%, respectively). Post-test II, after face-to-face education, improved to 93.3%. Conclusion A sufficient level of knowledge is necessary for the subsequent construction of economic models to generate valid data and implement measures at the national level. Repeated education ensures knowledge retention and quality patient care. Implications for practice Healthcare facilities can enhance care for PU patients by fostering motivation and effective education strategies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30307 - Nursing

Project

<a href="/en/project/NU20-09-00094" target="_blank" >NU20-09-00094: Cost analysis of pressure ulcers treatment - determiners of care</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Wound Management

ISSN

2788-5771

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

AU - AUSTRALIA

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

68-76

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105010276298