Report Summarizes Pressure Ulcers Study Findings from Catholic University of Korea (Impact of pressure ulcer prevention knowledge and attitude on the care performance of long-term care facility care workers: a cross-sectional multicenter study): Skin Diseases and Conditions – Pressure Ulcers

2023 JAN 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Hospital & Nursing Home Daily -- Investigators publish new report on pressure ulcers. According to news originating from Catholic University of Korea by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The Long-Term Care Insurance Act in the Republic of Korea has enabled the elderly population to receive benefits through the long-term care system since July 2008. Because one nurse or nursing assistant is assigned to 25 elderly persons and one care worker is assigned to 2.5 elderly persons in long-term care facilities, registered nurses should educate care workers to participate in pressure ulcer prevention activities.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Catholic University of Korea: “This descriptive study investigated the effect of the knowledge and attitude related to pressure ulcer prevention on care performance. Data were collected from February 20 to December 15, 2021 using a structured questionnaire targeting 165 care workers in four long-term care facilities located in I-city and Y-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The questionnaires of the knowledge, attitude, and care performance developed for nurses were modified to survey the care workers. The content validity was verified on a 4-point scale by 10 clinical experts. A preliminary survey was conducted for 30 care workers, and the contents of the modified questionnaire were further revised. Data analyses were performed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and a multiple linear regression modeling using the SPSS/WIN 25.0 program. Care performance on pressure ulcer prevention had a significant positive correlation with knowledge (r = 0.692, p < .001), attitude (r = 0.426, p < .001), work experience (r = 0.760, p < .001), amount of experience (r = 0.712, p < .001), and the number of training sessions received (r = 0.551, p < .001). In multiple regression modeling, work experience (b [standardized coefficient beta] = 0.534, p = .000), knowledge (b = 0.323, p = .000), and attitude (b = 0.103, p = .049) related to pressure ulcer prevention were identified as variables significantly affecting care performance. The regression model explained 65.4% with 5 independent variables.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “To prevent bedsores in long-term care facilities, it is necessary to educate care workers regularly about pressure ulcer prevention. In addition, clinical guidelines could help standardize the pressure ulcer prevention work of caregivers, strongly regulating their practice in all long-term care facilities and monitoring bedsore prevention regularly.”

For more information on this research see: Impact of pressure ulcer prevention knowledge and attitude on the care performance of long-term care facility care workers: a cross-sectional multicenter study. BMC Geriatrics, 2022,22(1):1-12. (BMC Geriatrics - http://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com). The publisher for BMC Geriatrics is BMC.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03702-3.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Sae-Beul Lee, Graduate School, Catholic University of Korea. Additional authors for this research include Hyang-Yuol Lee.

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