Highlights
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This is the first study to investigate healthcare professionals’ knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding the clinical application of graduated compression stockings in China.
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The healthcare professionals’ attitude towards clinically applying graduated compression stockings on patients was positive; however, our assessment demonstrated that gaps in knowledge and behavior existed.
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Educational programs for medical professionals that improve knowledge and practice regarding the use of graduated compression stockings may aid in the prevention of venous thromboembolism.
Introduction
Methods
Survey design
Survey sample
Survey questionnaire
Survey procedure
Statistical analysis
Results
Descriptive results
Characteristic | Categories |
n
| % |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 214 | 14.8 |
Female | 1230 | 85.2 | |
Age (years) | < 20 | 5 | 0.4 |
20–29 | 519 | 35.9 | |
30–39 | 601 | 41.6 | |
≥ 40 | 319 | 22.1 | |
Service years | 1–5 | 450 | 31.2 |
6–10 | 377 | 26.1 | |
11–19 | 324 | 22.4 | |
≥ 20 | 293 | 20.3 | |
Hospital level | Tertiary hospital A | 955 | 66.1 |
Tertiary hospital B | 91 | 6.3 | |
Secondary hospital A | 390 | 27 | |
Secondary hospital B | 8 | 0.6 | |
Profession | Doctor | 261 | 18.1 |
Nurse | 1183 | 81.9 | |
Highest education attained | Secondarya | 27 | 1.9 |
College | 316 | 21.9 | |
Bachelor’s degree | 943 | 65.3 | |
Master’s degree or above | 158 | 10.9 | |
Professional title | Junior | 764 | 52.9 |
Intermediate | 535 | 37.1 | |
Senior | 145 | 10 | |
GCS application training | Yes | 463 | 32.1 |
No | 981 | 67.9 |
Variables |
M
|
SD
| Minimum | Maximum | Knowledge | Attitude | Behavior |
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Knowledge | 30.12 | 8.16 | 10 | 50 | 1 | ||
Attitude | 16.50 | 2.63 | 6 | 30 | 0.316* | 1 | |
Behavior | 16.94 | 5.81 | 4 | 20 | 0.653* | 0.330* | 1 |
Stepwise linear regression model
Total score of the knowledge dimension | Total score of the attitude dimension | Total score of the behavior dimension | |
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GCS application training | |||
B | − 8.392*** | − 1.064*** | − 5.376*** |
Std. Error | 0.402 | 0.145 | 0.296 |
95% CI for B | − 9.180, − 7.604 | − 1.349, − 0.778 | − .957, − 4.795 |
(Lower bound/upper bound) | |||
Beta | − 0.48 | − 0.189 | − 0.432 |
Highest education | |||
B | − 1.161*** | – | − 0.612** |
Std. Error | 0.314 | – | 0.229 |
95% CI for B | − 1.776, − 0.546 | – | − 1.060, − 0.163 |
(Lower bound/upper bound) | |||
Beta | − 0.088 | – | − 0.065 |
Service years | |||
B | 0.492** | – | – |
Std. Error | 0.169 | – | – |
95% CI for B | 0.159, -0.824 | – | – |
(Lower bound/upper bound) | |||
Beta | 0.067 | – | – |
Sexa | |||
B | − 1.378* | – | − 1.654*** |
Std. Error | 0.54 | – | 0.398 |
95% CI for B | − 2.437, − 0.318 | – | − 2.433, − 0.874 |
(Lower bound/upper bound) | |||
Beta | − 0.06 | – | − 0.101 |
Hospital level | |||
B | – | 0.417*** | 0.845*** |
Std. Error | – | 0.076 | 0.156 |
95% CI for B | – | 0.269, 0.566 | 0.539, 1.150 |
(Lower bound/upper bound) | |||
Beta | – | 0.143 | 0.131 |
Constant | |||
B | 48.936*** | 16.955*** | 29.403*** |
Std. Error | 1.631 | 0.318 | 1.233 |
95% CI for B | 45.736, 52.137 | 16.332, 17.579 | 26.984, 31.822 |
(Lower bound/upper bound) | |||
Adjusted R2 | 0.244 | 0.057 | 0.206 |
p
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
Std. error of the estimate | 7.09 | 2.55 | 5.17 |
N
| 1444 | 1444 | 1444 |