Study on knowledge, attitudes and practices of pulse oximetry among pediatric healthcare providers in China and their influencing factors
- VernacularTitle:中国儿科医务人员对脉搏血氧饱和度监测的知信行现状调查及相关影响因素分析
- Author:
Fengxia XUE
1
;
Yuejie ZHENG
;
Adong SHEN
;
Hanmin LIU
;
Xing CHEN
;
Lili ZHONG
;
Guangmin NONG
;
Xin SUN
;
Gen LU
;
Shenggang DING
;
Yuanxun FANG
;
Jiahua PAN
;
Zhiying HAN
;
Yun SUN
;
Qiang CHEN
;
Yi JIANG
;
Xiaoping ZHU
;
Suping TANG
;
Xiufang WANG
;
Changshan LIU
;
Shaomin REN
;
Zhimin CHEN
;
Deyu ZHAO
;
Yong YIN
;
Rongfang ZHANG
;
Ming LI
;
Yunxiao SHANG
;
Yaping MU
;
Shuhua AN
;
Yangzom YESHE
;
Peiru XU
;
Yan XING
;
Baoping XU
;
Jing ZHAO
;
Shi CHEN
;
Wei XIANG
;
Lihong LI
;
Enmei LIU
;
Yuxin SONG
;
Yonghong YANG
;
Kunling SHEN
Author Information
- Keywords: Pediatric healthcare providers; Pulse oximetry; Pulse oximeter; Knowledge, attitude, and practice
- From: Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2022;37(23):1807-1812
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective:To investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of pulse oximetry among pediatric healthcare providers in China and analyze the factor influencing the KAP.Methods:A self-developed questionnaire was used for an online research on the KAP of 11 849 pediatric healthcare providers from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities of China from March 11 to 14, 2022.The factors influencing the KAP of pulse oximetry among pediatric healthcare providers were examined by Logistic regression. Results:The scores of KAP, of pulse oximetry were 5.57±0.96, 11.24±1.25 and 11.19±4.54, respectively.The corresponding scoring rates were 69.61%, 74.95%, and 55.99%, respectively. Logistic regression results showed that the gender and working years of pediatric healthcare providers, the region they were located, and whether their medical institution was equipped with pulse oximeters were the main factors affecting the knowledge score (all P<0.05). Main factors influencing the attitude score of pediatric healthcare providers included their knowledge score, gender, educational background, working years, region, medical institution level, and whether the medical institution was equipped with pulse oximeters (all P<0.05). For the practice score, the main influencing factors were the knowledge score, gender, age, and whether the medi-cal institution was equipped with pulse oximeters (all P<0.05). Conclusions:Chinese pediatric healthcare providers need to further improve their knowledge about and attitudes towards pulse oximetry.Pulse oximeters are evidently under-used.It is urgent to formulate policies or guidelines, strengthen education and training, improve knowledge and attitudes, equip more institutions with pulse oximeters, and popularize their application in medical institutions.
