Assessment of knowledge and practice of acute trauma care by health professionals at government health centers in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
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2019-06
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Addis Abeba University
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Background:-Physical Trauma/Injury is defined as a physical damage to a human being caused
by intolerable transfer of energy. It can be mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical, or radiation
energy or by the sudden absence of heat or oxygen.
Objective: - The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge and practice of acute trauma
care among health professionals working at selected government health centers in Addis Ababa
Ethiopia, 2019 from March 11-April 8/2019.
Methods:-Institutional based cross sectional study design was utilized to assess knowledge and
practice of emergency unit health professionals found in ten sub cities of Addis Ababa towards
acute trauma care. Structured, Pretested and self-administered questionnaire was used for data
collection. Data were imported into Epidata 4.4 and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. The
alpha level was set at 0.05 to determine statistical significance.
Result: - There were 118 participants. From these, majority of the participants73 (61.9 %) were
Nurses and females‟ accounts for 72 (61.0 %). Majorities; 77(65.3 %) of health professionals had
college degree and among them 73 (61.9%) had more than 4 years‟ work experience. About 90
(76%) of the respondent had trauma related training once in their clinical career. Nearly half of
the respondents (47.5%) had good knowledge scores, with the mean score of 10.81 (SD = 2.86)
and Majority, 82(69.5%) of respondents scored poor in practical assessment with Mean score of
3.65(SD= 1.6).Those who have work-experience for more than four years [p=.011, (CI= (037,
0.653)] were significantly associated with poor knowledge of health professionals related to
acute trauma care.
Conclusion: - In conclusion, emergency unit health professionals in these health centers
demonstrated overall unsatisfactory levels of knowledge and practice. It is clear that ongoing
education on how to manage trauma victim must be periodically under taken to enhance and
update health professionals‟ knowledge about current and emerging acute trauma care practice.
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knowledge, practice, health care professionals