Abstract
ABSTRACTObjective:to compare the scores of knowledge in teams participating or not participating in educational interventions about pressure ulcers. Method:a quantitative study with experimental design. Data were collected through a validated questionnaire. The study included 71 individuals, including nurses and nursing technicians from three intensive care units, divided into intervention group and control group. Data analysis considered the scores of the groups in the moment before and after intervention. To check the average rate of correct answers, we calculated the mean and standard deviation. We carried out the Mann-Whitney test for analysis of two independent samples, and the Wilcoxon test for related samples. Results:The mean percentage of correct answers, at the baseline was 74.1% (SD = 26.4) in the intervention group and 76.0% (SD = 22.9) in the control group and post time -intervention, was 87.8% (SD = 18.8) in the group receiving educational intervention, considering that in the control group it was 79.1% (SD = 22.2). The group that participated in educational interventions did not reach the proper average of 90% correct answers for the test. Conclusion:educational interventions on staging, evaluation and prevention of pressure ulcers contributed significantly to the increase of correct responses score in the knowledge test of the intervention group and improved their knowledge on the subject.
Highlights
In the complex environment of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) critical health condition patients, who are comatose, sedated or unconscious are hospitalized
Of the total of 74 people that participated in the research, there was a breakdown of 71 professionals, 50 of which belonged to the intervention group and 21 to the control group
During the period of educational interventions there were no losses in the intervention group
Summary
In the complex environment of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) critical health condition patients, who are comatose, sedated or unconscious are hospitalized. Several of them are intubated and need devices to maintain stable physiological functions. These patients can be bedridden for long periods and, are more vulnerable to adverse events related to health care, such as pressure ulcer (PU)(1-2). The PUs expand the workload of healthcare staff and contribute to expensive costs for health services[7]. Because of this problem, the health insurance of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - EUA - no longer reimburses the excess cost of acquired PUs during hospitalization[8], and this may be a tendency of health plans in Brazil
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