Table 3 Frequency distribution of nurses’ perceived barriers to prevent pressure ulcer in public hospitals in central zone Tigray, 2018 (N = 122)
From: Practice on pressure ulcer prevention among nurses in selected public hospitals, Tigray, Ethiopia
Variables | Nurses practice | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Good (%) | Poor (%) | |||
Sex | ||||
Male | 8 (38.1) | 46 (45.5) | 1.359 (0.518–3.653) | |
Female | 13 (61.9) | 55 (54.5) | ||
Age | ||||
20–29 | 15 (17.6) | 70 (82.4) | 1.867 (0.33–10.551) | |
30–39 | 4 (13.3) | 26 (87.7) | 2.60 (0.370–18.249) | |
≥ 40 | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 1.00 | |
Income | ||||
Lowest | 6 (32.5) | 10 (62.5) | 0.273 (0.081–0.919) | 0.221 (0.058–0.840) |
Medium | 5 (14.3) | 30 (85.7) | 0.984 (0.309–3.135) | 0.77 (0.224–2.70) |
Highest | 10 (14.1) | 61 (85.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Year of experience | ||||
1–4 | 5 (14.7) | 29 (85.3) | 1.933 (0.483–7.43) | |
5–10 | 11 (16.2) | 57 (83.8) | 1.727 (0.520–5.737) | |
≥ 10 | 5 (25) | 15 (75) | 1.00 | |
Educational level | ||||
Diploma | 6 (24) | 19 (76) | 1.727 (0.520–5.737) | |
Degree | 15 (15.5) | 82 (84.5) | 1.00 | |
Heavy workload | ||||
Yes | 13 (14.6) | 76 (85.4) | 1.871 (0.695–5.034) | 2.594 (0.126–0.993) |
No | 8 (24.2) | 25 (75.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Lack of time | ||||
Yes | 12 (17.9) | 55 (82.1) | 0.897 (0.347–2.316) | |
No | 9 (16.4) | 46 (83.6) | 1.00 | |
Job satisfaction | ||||
Yes | 10 (16.4) | 51 (83.6) | 1.122 (0.438–2.875) | |
No | 11 (18.0) | 50 (82.0) | 1.00 | |
Knowledge | ||||
Adequate | 10 (27.8) | 26 (72.2) | 2.622 (0.999–6.887) | 0.354 (0.126–0.993) |
Inadequate | 11 (12.8) | 75 (87.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |