NCT05297721

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

Determination of Nurses' Level of Knowledge on Skin Tears in Acute Care Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 384 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hatice Yüceler Kaçmaz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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)

Conditions

• Nurse's Role
• Wound
• Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Knowledge	Measuring the level of knowledge about skin tears

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-10-30
• Completion: 2021-10-30
• First posted: 2022-03-28
• Last updated: 2022-03-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)