Investigation and analysis of nutritional knowledge, attitude and behavior of nurses in Department of Oncology

Abstract

Objective To understand the status of nutritional knowledge , attitude and practice （ KAP） of oncology nurses from one class three grade A hospital in Shanghai City , so as to provide theoretic basis for nutrition training .Methods A self-designed questionnaire was used to survey 151 nurses received about their KAP of nutrition.Results The nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice scores of nurses were （75.4 ± 10.6）, （78.5 ±11.5） and （67.9 ±9.3） respectively.A positive correlation was determined between nutritional KAP .Multiple linear regression analysis showed that nutritional course at school , nutritional course at work, nursing age were related to nutritional knowledge .The rank of quality nursing were related to nutritional attitude. And education background , management examination were related to nutritional practice . Conclusions The present status of nutritional knowledge , attitude and practice is dissatisfactory in surgery oncology nurses , so effective and feasible nutrition training ,assess and management are recommended for nurses to improve their nutritional knowledge , attitude and practice . Key words: Nutrition investigation; Knowledge; Attitude; Behavior