Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Associaed Factors Towards Advanced Cardiac Life Support Among Health Care Professionals Practicing in Seleceted Referal Hospitals In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Yohannes Feleke | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hiwot Shewangizaw | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-20T14:03:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-03-20T14:03:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-10-19 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function in a person who may or may not have been diagnosed with heart disease which is the most frequent causes of death in the world. Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) encompasses a comprehensive array of protocols and techniques designed to promptly address life-threatening conditions leading to cardiac arrest. It is possible to reduce the high mortality rate associated with cardiac emergencies by ensuring adequate knowledge and practice of basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) skills (2,3). Objective: This research sought to assess knowledge, attitude and associated factors towards advanced cardiac life support among health care professional practicing in selected referral hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Method and Materials: Cross sectional study conducted using convenience sampling to select the referral hospitals and individual participants were selected by simple random sampling from October 2024 to November, 2024. A pre-tested self-administered structured questionnaire was VI used to collect Socio-demographic, knowledge and attitude data. Data were entered, interpreted, and analyzed using SPSS version 27. Logistic regression was the statistical method employed. The relationship between independent and dependent variables was deemed statistically significant if the p-value was below 0.05. Results: 379 health professionals working at four selected referral hospitals. Slightly more than half 57.8% (219) of the study participants were male. The age of majority healthcare workers (74.4%) lies between 18- 30 years, with mean age of 29.18 + 3.468. Of the participants, 47% had good knowledge and 43.3% of the participants had positive attitude towards ACLS. Being a nurse and having a degree had association with good knowledge, most of the nurses who participated in this study worked in emergency department when compared to other health professionals. Experience above 10 years is associated with positive attitude of the health care professionals towards ACLS. Conclusion: Majority of the HCP had less understanding about Advanced cardiac life support with only less than half of them had positive attitude. Being a nurse and having a degree had significant associated with knowledge and participants with higher year of experience had positive attitude towards ACLS. Key Words: Attitude, health care professionals, knowledge, advanced cardiac life support, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/5161 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Attitude health care professionals knowledge advanced cardiac life support Addis Ababa Ethiopia. | |
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| dc.title | Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Associaed Factors Towards Advanced Cardiac Life Support Among Health Care Professionals Practicing in Seleceted Referal Hospitals In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |