Southern European Intensive Care Nurses' Knowledge of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

作者：Llaurado M^*; Labeau S; Vandijck D; Rello J; Rosa A; Riera A; Gallart E; Moreno R; Vandewoude K; Piner R; Benitez M L; Blot S

来源：Medicina Intensiva, 2011, 35(1): 6-12.

DOI：10.1016/j.medin.2010.07.012

• Evidence-based guidelines
• Intensive care
• Prevention
• Questionnaire
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Objectives: To assess Southern European intensive care unit nurses' knowledge about evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia and to compare these findings with a pan-European perspective.
Design: A sub-analysis from an observational study performed using a 9-questions, multiple-choice questionnaire performed during the period October 2006 - March 2007.
Setting: Six Southern European countries, selected from 22 participant European countries. Participants: Volunteer nurses from intensive care units.
Results: 3329 questionnaires were obtained, 1182 of them belonging to Southern European countries with a 75.8% response rate. Global average score was 45.1%, being it significantly better in the South of Europe (46.6%, P < .001). A linear multiple regression analysis showed that years of working experience (per class of increase) (B = 0.154 +/- (SD) 0.045) (95% CI (0.0660-0.242))(p = 0.001) and working in a smaller intensive care unit (B = -0.210 +/- (SD) 0.059)((95% CI) -0.326-0.094)(P < .001) was independently associated with better test scores.
Conclusions: Southern European critical care nurses' knowledge about ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention is poor, but significantly better than in the pan-European countries.

• 出版日期2011-2