Cross-sectional survey on knowledge,attitude,and practice of clinical application of graduated compression stockings for preventing venous thromboembolism among medical staff
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2025.07.027
- VernacularTitle:医务人员临床应用梯度压力袜预防静脉血栓栓塞症知信行调查及分析
- Author:
Xuping XIE
1
;
Limei YU
;
Fuping LI
;
Xuejiao TANG
;
Min DING
Author Information
1. 重庆医科大学附属第三医院心血管外科,重庆 401120
- Keywords:
graduated compression stockings;
venous thromboembolism;
medical staff;
influencing fac-tors;
survey
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2025;54(7):1686-1692
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current status of knowledge,attitude,and practice(KAP)re-garding the clinical application of graduated compression stockings(GCS)for preventing venous thromboem-bolism(VTE)among medical staff and analyze its influencing factors.Methods Through convenience sam-pling,5 706 medical staff from 85 hospitals in Chongqing were surveyed using the"Questionnaire on KAP of Clinical Application of GCS for VTE Prevention"between March 16 and 30,2024.Univariate and multiple lin-ear stepwise regression analyses were conducted to explore influencing factors.Results The scores for knowl-edge,attitude,and practice in the clinical application of GCS for VTE prevention among healthcare workers were(37.77±10.56),(16.85±3.05),and(24.85±7.51),respectively.Age,highest education level,seniori-ty,department,whether they had received GCS application training,hospital level,whether the hospital passed the national venous thrombosis prevention center certification,and GCS procurement channels were influen-cing factors for knowledge scores.Professional title,whether they had received GCS application training,hos-pital level,and whether the hospital passed the national venous thrombosis prevention center certification were influencing factors for attitude scores.Gender,age,highest education level,seniority,department,whether they had received GCS application training,hospital level,whether the hospital passed the national venous thrombo-sis prevention center certification,and GCS procurement channels were influencing factors for behavior scores.Conclusion Healthcare workers'knowledge of clinical application of GCS for VTE prevention is at a medium level,their attitude toward clinical application is positive,and practical behaviors are basically in compliance with standards.Hospital managers should emphasize training and assessment on clinical application of GCS for healthcare workers,strengthen quality control in practical implementation,and ensure patients receive stand-ardized mechanical VTE prevention.
