Evidence-Based Practice Utilization and its Associated Factors among Nurses Working at Emergency Department of Selected Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024
| dc.contributor.advisor | Aklilu Azazh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mekuanint Kassie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-06T08:04:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-06T08:04:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-06-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Evidence-based practice utilization (EBPU) is described as the use of up-to-date, reliable, and pertinent evidence in healthcare decision-making practice, such as study findings, professional experience, and updated standard guidelines. EBPU is designed to prevent biases and to support clinical utilization of the latest and most recent, comprehensive studies for understanding clinical decision making. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess evidence-based practice utilization and its associated factors among nurses working in the emergency departments of selected public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024. Methods and Materials: An institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted on evidence-based practice utilization and its associated factors among nurses working in the emergency department of selected public hospitals. A Simple random sampling technique was used. The required data was collected using self-administered questionnaire that was adapted and modified. The questionnaire contains six parts and 59 items. Binary logistic regression was applied to assess the association between the dependent variable and independent variables. Then variables with P value less than or equal to 0.25 were fitted to multivariable analysis’s and finally, a variable with p-value less than 0.05 were considered factors associated with utilization of evidence-based practice. Result: A total of 233 respondents participated with a response rate of 96.6%. The majority of the participants were females (n = 130, 57.8%), and their median age was 30 years. This study showed that 54.2% and 44.9% had good knowledge and evidence-based practice utilization respectively. Sex (AOR = 0.4309), level of education (AOR = 6.786), level of position (AOR = 13.191), level of knowledge (AOR = 3.801) and unavailability of relevant literature (AOR = 3.316) were variables significantly associated with evidence-based practice utilization. Conclusion: The findings of this study show that 55.1 % of nurses had poor evidence-based practice utilization. sex, level of education, level of position, knowledge, and unavailability relevant literature, were variables significantly associated with evidence-based practice. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/4076 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Evidence-Based Practice | |
| dc.subject | Evidence-Based Practice Utilization | |
| dc.title | Evidence-Based Practice Utilization and its Associated Factors among Nurses Working at Emergency Department of Selected Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024 | |
| dc.type | Thesis |