Knowledge and practices of critical care health professionals related to ventilator associated pneumonia in tertiary care hospitals of Islamabad and Rawalpindi
Usman Shah, H.B.; Atif, I.; Rashid, F.; Zulfiqar, H.; Mian, K.; Sarfraz, M.; Batool, M.; Khan, U.G.
JPMA. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 67(11): 1714-1718
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9982 PMID: 29171566 Document Number: 692952
To assess knowledge and practices of critical care health professionals related to ventilator associated pneumonia. This cross-sectional survey was conducted at eight tertiary care public and private hospitals of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from September 2015 to March 2016, and comprised healthcare professionals. Stratified random sampling was used. Data was collected using close-ended validated questionnaire. SPSS 22 was used for data analysis. Of the 153 participants, 45(29.4%) were doctors, 91(59.4%) were nurses and 17(11.1%) were respiratory therapists. The overall mean age was 31±8.14 years. The overall mean knowledge and practice scores regarding prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia were 11.14±3.12 and 8.83±1.53, respectively. The mean knowledge score was 11.77±3.84 for physicians, 10.84± 2.91 for nurses and 10.82±1.94 for respiratory therapists. However, the best practice scores were seen in the respiratory therapists 9.64±0.78 (p=0.008). The majority of the participants had adequate knowledge and even better practices, particularly respiratory therapists.