Analysis on nutritional knowledge, attitude and behavior of nurses in class A tertiary hospital and its influencing factors
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20210507-01320
- VernacularTitle:三级甲等综合医院护士营养知识、态度、行为现状及其影响因素分析
- Author:
Jinning WANG
1
;
Zewei LIU
;
Xiaoli YU
;
Xiaofeng LI
;
Xin WANG
;
Xiaoping ZHU
Author Information
1. 同济大学附属第十人民医院护理部，上海 200072
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Nutrition;
Knowledge;
Attitude;
Behavior
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2022;38(14):1062-1068
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the status quo of nutrition knowledge, attitude and behavior of nurses in class A tertiary hospital and its influencing factors, and to provide reference for the development of reasonable and standard nutrition training courses.Methods:The knowledge, attitude and behavior of nutrition of 207 nurses in 28 class A tertiary hospitals from 17 provinces cities on October 25-26, 2019 were investigated Questionnaire on Nutritional Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Cognition of Nurses.Results:The scores of nurses′ nutritional knowledge, attitude and behavior were (69.70 ± 2.92), (82.76 ± 4.97) and (64.90 ± 4.77) respectively. There were significant differences in nurses′ nutritional knowledge, attitude and behavior at different ages, nursing ages, whether they had children, the highest educational background, department rotation, technical titles, administrative positions, employment methods, article publication, whether they had participated in nutrition training courses and in different regions ( F values were 6.80-60.95, t values were 2.94-7.08, all P<0.05). The main factors affecting nutrition knowledge were region, nursing age, the highest educational background, department rotation and whether they had participated in nutrition training courses ( t values were -6.88-6.73, all P<0.05). The main factors affecting nutritional attitude were region, nursing age and the highest educational background ( t=-2.22, 6.84, 3.21, all P<0.05). The main factor affecting nutritional behavior was nursing age ( t=5.45, P<0.05). Conclusions:Nurses′ nutritional attitude level is excellent, but their mastery of nutritional knowledge and nutritional nursing behavior level need to be improved. Reasonable, scientific and feasible nutritional training courses should be formulated according to the influencing factors of their nutritional knowledge, attitude and behavior, so as to improve nurses′ nutritional knowledge, belief and behavior level and improve the nutritional status and prognosis of hospitalized patients.
