Factors Related to COVID-19 Prevention Practices Among Operating Room Nurses
Keywords:
Practices, COVID-19, COVID-19 prevention, Operating room nursesAbstract
Operating room nurses play a vital role in COVID-19 prevention in operating rooms. This descriptive correlational research aimed to examine COVID-19 prevention practices of operating rooms nurses, factors related to practice, and the relationship between factors related to COVID-19 prevention practices among operating room nurses. The study was performed at a university hospital in Northern Thailand. The participants were 74 operating room nurses. The research instruments were a demographic questionnaire; a COVID-19 prevention practices questionnaire; and questionnaires on knowledge, attitude, organizational support, and environmental support for COVID-19 prevention practices among operating room nurses. The content validity of the questionnaires was examined by six experts, demonstrating a content validity index of 1.00. The reliabilities of the practices, knowledge, attitudes, organizational support, and environmental support questionnaires were .92, .86, .88, .85, and .82, respectively. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s correlation coefficient statistics.
The results of the study revealed that the participants had practices of COVID-19 prevention at a high level with a median score of 182.50 out of 189.00 points; knowledge of COVID-19 prevention practices at a high level with a median score of 15.00 out of 20.00 points; attitude towards COVID-19 prevention practices at a moderate level with a median score of 58.00 out of 80.00 points; working experience with a median of 13.50 years and a range of 1-38 years; organizational support for COVID-19 prevention practices at a high level with a median score of 31.00 out of 40.00 points; and environmental support for COVID-19 prevention practices at a high level with a median score of 73.00 out of 92.00 points. In addition, knowledge, attitude, working experience, and organizational support were significantly positively correlated with practices at a moderate level (r = .345, p = .003; r = .374, p = .001; r = .484, p < .001; and r = .471, p < .001, respectively). Environmental support was significantly positively correlated with COVID-19 prevention practices at a low level (r = .193, p = .041).
The results show that COVID-19 prevention practices for nurses in operating rooms will increase if the nurses have good knowledge, a good attitude, and more extensive working experience; receive support from the organization; and have a conducive environment. Therefore, these factors should be promoted for operating room nurses to prevent COVID-19.
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