Knowledge and Practice Level of Nurses Towards Geriatric Care and Its Associated Factors in Selected Public Hospitals in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia 2022

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Factors of Nurses Working in Adult Care Units of Selected Public Hospitals of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Gender	Male	147	51.6
	Female	138	48.4
Age in years	21–30	174	61.0
	31–40	93	32.6
	>40	18	6.3
Marital status	Single	100	35.1
	Married	185	64.9
Level of education	Diploma	52	18.2
	BSc degree	218	76.5
	Masters	15	5.2
Year of experience	1–5	101	35.4
	6–10	110	38.6
	>10	74	26.0
Type of working unit/ward	OPD	58	20.4
	IPD	126	44.2
	ICU	18	6.3
	EOPD	40	14.0
	OR	43	15.1

Abbreviations: EOPD, Emergency Outpatient Department; ICU, Intensive care Unit; IPD, Inpatient Department; OPD, Outpatient Department; OR, Operation Room.

Table 2 Profession and Institution Related Factors of Nurses Working in Adult Care Unit of Selected Public Hospitals of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Do you take training about care of elderly patients?	No	197	69.1
	Yes	88	30.9
Did you take geriatric care content in your nursing education (study)?	No	108	37.9
	Yes	177	62.1
Is the space adequate during elderly patients care?	No	146	51.2
	Yes	139	48.8
Do you live with elderly person?	No	114	40.0
	Yes	171	60.0
Do you follow any type of elders care guideline while you give caring elder patients?	No	158	55.4
	Yes	127	44.6
Do you like to communicate with elder patient or their family caregiver when you provide care for elder patient?	No	68	23.9
	Yes	217	76.1

Table 3 Factors Associated with Nurse’s Knowledge Level Towards Geriatric Care in the Selected Public Hospitals of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

Variables	Knowledge		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95%C)	p- value
	Poor	Good
Age
21–30	80	94	1.00	1.00	1.00
31–40	35	58	1.8 (1.1, 3.0)	0.9 (0.5, 1.8)	0.86
>40	7	11	3.2 (1.2, 8.5)	2.4 (0.4, 14.4)	0.35
Marital status
Single	52	48	1.00	1.00	1.00
Married	70	115	1.8 (1.1, 2.9)	1.1 (0.6, 2.1)	0.67
Education
Diploma	30	22	1.00	1.00	1.00
Degree	87	131	1.4 (0.7, 2.5)	2.5 (1.2, 5.0)	0.01
Master	5	10	8.2 (1.6, 41.5)	6.8 (1.2, 37.5)	0.03
Experience
1–5	57	44	1.00	1.00	1.00
6–10	42	68	2.1 (1.2, 3.6)	2.2 (1.2, 4.2)	0.01
>10	23	51	2.9 (1.5, 5.4)	2.6 (1.2, 5.9)	0.02
Working unit
OPD	19	39	1.00	1.00	1.00
IPD	56	70	0.6 (0.3, 1.2)	0.8 (0.4, 1.6)	0.5
ICU	9	9	0.5 (0.2, 1.4)	0.5 (0.1,1.7)	0.23
EOPD	23	17	0.4 (0.1,0.8)	0.5 (0.2, 1.3)	0.17
OR	15	28	0.9 (0.4, 2.1)	0.9 (0.4, 2.4)	0.93
Training
No	97	100	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	25	63	2.4 (1.4, 4.2)	2.9 (1.6, 5.3)	0.00
Care education
No	57	51	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	65	112	1.9 (1.2, 3.1)	1.5 (0.9,2.7)	0.11
Live with elderly
No	54	60	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	68	103	1.4 (0.8, 2.2)	1.1 (0.6, 1.9)	0.70
Follow guideline
No	73	85	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	49	78	1.4 (0.8,2.2)	1.1 (0.7,1.9)	0.63

Abbreviations: AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; COR, Crude Odds Ratio; EOPD, Emergency Outpatient Department; ICU, Intensive care Unit; IPD, Inpatient Department; OPD, Outpatient Department; OR, Operation Room.

Figure 1 Knowledge level nurses towards geriatric care in selected public hospitals of Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2022.

Table 4 Factors Associated with Practice Level of Nurses Towards Geriatric Nursing Care in the Selected Public Hospitals of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

Variable	Practice Level		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95%C)	p-value
	Poor	Good
Age
21–30	101	73	1.00	1.00	1.00
31–40	50	46	1.3 (0.8, 2.2)	1.1 (0.6, 2.1)	0.67
>40	5	10	4.7 (1.2,17.7)	2.9 (0.6,13.6)	0.17
Marital status
Single	67	35	1.00	1.00	1.00
Married	89	94	2.0 (1.2,3.4)	1.7 (0.9,3.2)	0.10
Level of education
Diploma	34	23	1.00	1.00	1.00
Degree	114	93	1.3 (0.7,2.5)	1.3 (0.6,2.6)	0.50
Masters	8	13	8.2 (1.6,41.5)	6.2 (1.1,34.9)	0.04
Knowledge level
Poor	85	37	1.00	1.00	1.00
Good	71	92	3.0 (1.8,4.9)	2.2 (1.3,3.8)	0.00
Work experience
1–5	60	41	1.00	1.00	1.00
6–10	62	48	1.1 (0.6,2.0)	0.9 (0.5,1.7)	0.75
>10	34	40	1.7 (0.9, 3.2)	1.1 (0.4,2.3)	0.94
Training taken
No	119	78	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	37	51	2.1 (1.3, 3.5)	1.8 (1.1, 3.2)	0.04
Working unit
OPD	27	31	1.00	1.00	1.00
IPD	65	61	0.8 (0.4,1.5)	1.1 (0.6,2.3)	0.71
ICU	11	7	0.5 (0.2,1.6)	0.7 (0.2, 2.4)	0.6
EOPD	30	10	0.3 (0.1, 0.70)	0.5 (0.2,1.3)	0.14
OR	23	20	0.7 (0.3,1.7)	10.9 (0.4, 2.1)	0.77
Living with elderly
No	73	41	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	83	88	1.9 (1.2, 3.1)	1.4 (0.8, 2.5)	0.20

Abbreviations: AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; COR, Crude Odds Ratio; EOPD, Emergency Outpatient Department; ICU, Intensive care Unit; IPD, Inpatient Department; OPD, Outpatient Department; OR, Operation Room.

Figure 2 Practice level of nurses towards geriatric care in the selected public hospitals of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2022.