Nurses' Level of Knowledge on Skin Tears: A Cross-Sectional Study

Hatice Yüceler Kaçmaz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wound; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Nurse's Role

Treatments: Other: Knowledge

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05297721

328.IRB3.140

Details and patient eligibility

About

Skin tears (ST) are one of the skin integrity problems encountered in healthcare settings with rates equal to or greater than pressure injuries. However, the importance of this problem has been emphasized in the literature in recent years. This study was conducted to determine the knowledge level of nurses about ST.

Full description

The population of the study consisted of all nurses working in acute care hospitals in Turkey.

The sample size of the study was calculated as 384 nurses. The data of the study were collected in the form of online and paper-based surveys (an introductory information form and the Skin Tear Knowledge Assessment Instrumen)

Enrollment: 384 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• were employed as a nurse for at least 1 year
• cared for patients aged 65 and over
• agreed to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• nurses who filled in the data collection tools incompletely

Trial design

384 participants in 1 patient group

Nurse

Description:

Nurses who (1) were employed as a nurse for at least 1 year, (2) cared for patients aged 65 and over and (3) agreed to participate in the study were included in the study.

Treatment:

Other: Knowledge