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[Knowledge, attitude and practice about phototherapy among nursing professionals of teaching hospitals]
Simone Pires Cavalcanti Machado1, Isabella Chagas Samico, Taciana Duque de Almeida Braga
1Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof Fernando Figueira, Unidade Neonatal. Recife, PE, Brasil. simonepcm@yahoo.com.br
Abstract:
This article consists of a KAP (Knowledge, Attitude and Practice) survey to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of phototherapy among nursing professionals from two teaching hospitals at the city of Recife, Brazil, through semi-structured questionnaire applied to 111 professionals. It was used the T Student test to compare means of correct answers. Thus, there were higher means for practice, followed by those related to attitude and a lower percentage of correct answers for knowledge. When comparing the means between knowledge and practice the differences were statistically significant for all variables (p<0.05). The results of the study highlight the need to implement activities that will allow a balance among knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing professionals about phototherapy.
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