Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between the knowledge of nursing and performance of pressure ulcer in home care service. A total of 129 home care servixe providers were recruited from three home care centers in, Kangwon, Korea. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. The knowledge of nursing on pressure ulcer depending on general characteristics had significant difference on education level and attendance at pressure ulcer education within one year. In the performance ulcer, age, education level, working hours per week, and attendance at pressure ulcer education within one year showed significant differences. The knowledge related to pressure ulcer had the positive correlation with the performance (r = .256, p = .003). The results suggested that increasing the education frequency and development of a standardized education system were needed to improve the knowledge and performance of nursing related to pressure ulcer for home care service providers.
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