Knowledge, attitude and practice of registered nurses toward ICU patients’ transfer anxiety in China: A cross-sectional study

• Published in: Heliyon Vol. 10; no. 8; p. e29318
• Main Authors: Cheng, Feiran, Yan, Hui, Zhong, Juanping, Yang, Hong, Nan, Ruiling, Wang, Xinglei, Wei, Zhengyong, Dou, Xinman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 30.04.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: ICU patients; Knowledge attitude and practice; Registered nurses; Transfer anxiety; Registered nurses; Transfer anxiety; Knowledge attitude and practice; ICU patients
• ISSN: 2405-8440; 2405-8440
• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29318

Transfer anxiety has effect many critically ill patients in ICU around the world. Nurses must take care of the psychological adjustments that patients and families face when ICU patients transferred to general ward. During this period, basic knowledge, positive attitude, and correct practice are necessary for nurses to address the issue of transfer anxiety and seek to reduce it whenever possible. However, there were few investigations have been performed the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of registered nurses toward ICU patients’ transfer anxiety. The purpose of the paper is to explore the level and influencing factors of knowledge, attitude and practice of registered nurses toward ICU patients’ transfer anxiety in China. From February 1 to March 17, 2023, a cross-sectional study was adopted in China. An electronic questionnaire was used to collect data. Registered nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practice toward ICU patients' transfer anxiety were assessed using The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Questionnaire for Chinese Registered nurses in ICU regarding the prevention of transfer anxiety. In the end, in this study involved 381 registered nurses from Lanzhou University Second Hospitals in China. SPSS 26.0 for mac, independent T-test, one-way ANOVA test, Scheffe's test, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression tests were used for data analysis. The scores of total KAP, knowledge, attitude, and practice are 135.21 ± 24.504, 45.58 ± 13.903, 56.94 ± 10.690 and 32.87 ± 6.393 separately. Study results show that there was a statistically significant correlation among the three variables. According to the results of independent t-test or one-way ANOVA test, there is a correlation between gender(P = 0.001), highest educational attainment (P = 0.005) and knowledge; type of department(P = 0.003) and attitude; gender (P = 0.003), marital status (P = 0.002), clinical work experience (P = 0.002), type of department (P = 0.005) and practice. According to the results of linear regression analysis in this study, the variables of gender (P = 0.006), highest educational attainment (P = 0.032), scores of attitudes (P = 0.006), and scores of practice (P = 0.000) were associated with the scores of knowledge; the variables of scores of knowledge (P = 0.004), and scores of practice (P = 0.000) were associated with the scores of attitudes; the variables of scores of knowledge (P = 0.000), and scores of attitudes (P = 0.000) were associated with the scores of practice. The findings of the study emphasize that comprehensive measures of knowledge, attitude and practice should be taken to improve nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding transfer anxiety in intensive care unit patients in order to reduce its adverse effects on ICU patients.