Knowledge and self-assessment of general practitioner nurses in the area of diabetes mellitus

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/pdfs/knt/2020/03/06.pdf" target="_blank" >https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/pdfs/knt/2020/03/06.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2020.031" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2020.031</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Knowledge and self-assessment of general practitioner nurses in the area of diabetes mellitus

Original language description

In general practitioners’ offices (GPOs), nurses care for patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), too. Goal: Our goal was to find the amount of knowledge and the level of self-assessment of nurses in GPOs in connection to persons with DM, and to analyze the relationships between the dependent variable (overall level of knowledge about DM) and selected independent variables. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of nurses in 2018. A 64-item questionnaire was used to collect the data; a part of which was a standardized Rev. Diabetes Knowledge Test (revDKT). Within the data analysis, regression analysis was conducted in exploratory regime. Results: A total of 237 nurses (working in GPOs) took part in the study (average age 38 ± 10.6). Within the analysis, the overall level of selfassessment was taken as a mean from 25 items assessed on a scale of 1–5; the smaller the value, the more positive the self-assessment. In our case the mean was 3.35. Within the analysis, the overall level of general knowledge of DM was taken as a sum of points from a total of 33 knowledge items (43 points max). The respondents averaged 22 points, which represents a 51% success rate on the test. A college education (either three or five years) had the greatest influence on the overall level of knowledge. Conclusions: There are nurses with varying professional qualifications, education, and job titles working in GPOs. The self-assessment and overall knowledge score connected to DM of the groups being compared (practical nurses and other) is rather low. To increase the competencies of nurses in GPOs, it is necessary to inform general practitioners of nurse categories, and ensure further education of nurses in the area of DM.

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

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Kontakt Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences related to Health and Illness

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

165-171

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85093875812