1Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, India
2Post-graduate Resident, Community Medicine, Health Services Academy, Islamabad
*Corresponding author: Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, India. Email: drmishrasanjay@gmail.com
Online published on 17 July, 2019.
To determine the knowledge of postgraduate and non-postgraduate general and orthopedic surgical residents regarding pressure ulcer (PU) prevention, staging and wound description.
Cross sectional, descriptive survey.
Six major tertiary care hospitals in India, from Sep-2018 to Nov-2018.
All consenting postgraduate and non-postgraduate general and orthopedic surgical residents were included in the study using convenience sampling. An adapted version of Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test (PUKT) comprising of 47-true/false items was used as a research tool. For every correct response, 1 point was awarded. Whereas, an incorrect or NK response was scored as 0. All the data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21.
A total of 126 trainees comprising 120 (95.23%) males and 6 (4.76%) females participated in the study. The average PUKT score obtained by the surgical residents was 30.2+3.7 (65.65%), thus indicating a “low” level of knowledge.
The current levels of knowledge regarding PU prevention among the surgical residents in our study was “low”. The authors recommend continuous education for PU prevention in a hospital care setting.
Pressure ulcers, pressure ulcer knowledge, surgical residents
