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    Nurses Knowledge and Care Practice for Infection Prevention in Patients with Neutropenia in Addis Ababa Government Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2020
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Ayele, Alemkanchi; Tsige, Yosief (Assistant Professor); Boka, Abdisa(Lecturer)
    Background: Neutropenia is one of the most common risk factors of infections in patients with poor immune competency. Sever neutropenia is major causes of morbidity, treatment disturbances and dose reductions in patients taking chemotherapy. Preventing infections is extremely important for a successful chemotherapy outcome. Nurses play an important role in the prevention, detection and management of neutropenia, as well teaching facts to patients for better cancer care. Objective: To assess nurse’s knowledge and care practice for infection prevention on chemotherapy induced neutropenia in Addis Ababa governmental hospitals with oncology units, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2020. Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study design using quantitative methods was conducted. Neutropenia knowledge questions (developed by Ertem) was used among 134 randomly selected nurses by lottery method. Data analysis was included descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, and mean. The statistical association between knowledge and practice and the explanatory variables were tested by binary logistic regression. Multivariable logistic regression was used to control confounding effects. The magnitude of the association between the different independent variables in relation to dependent variable were measured using 95% confidence interval and p-values below 0.05 considered as statistically significant. Result: From the total of 132 respondents 79 (59.8%) were female and 77 (58.3%) were at the age range between 22 to 30 years. The mean age of the participants was 30.6 years old. The nurse’s infection prevention care practices need improvement. Taking in service training, being a master’s degree holder and having education on neutropenia management were independent predictors of knowledge and practice about chemotherapy induced neutropenia infection prevention. Conclusion: nurses working in governmental hospitals of Addis Ababa have poor knowledge and care practice about chemotherapy induced neutropenia infection prevention. Recommendation: In service training regarding chemotherapy induced neutropenia infection prevention should be given to nurses who are working in cancer centers.