Affiliation:
1. School of Nursing Jinan University Guangzhou China
2. Department of Endocrine Metabolism The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University Guangzhou China
3. Nursing Department The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University Guangzhou China
4. Department of Health Management The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University Heyuan China
Abstract
AbstractAimTo understand the insulin injection knowledge, attitude and behaviour of nurses and their influencing factors in Guangdong Province.DesignCross‐sectional study.MethodsA total of 19,853 nurses from 82 hospitals in 15 cities in Guangdong, China, participated in this study. The scores of the nurses' insulin injection knowledge, attitude and behaviour were determined through a questionnaire, and multivariate regression analysis was used to evaluate the influencing factors of insulin injection in different dimensions. STROBE.ResultsAmong all nurses involved in this study, 22.3% of nurses had good knowledge, 75.9% of nurses had good attitude and 92.7% of nurses had good behaviour. Pearson's correlation analysis showed that knowledge, attitude scores and behaviour scores were significantly correlated. The influencing factors of knowledge, attitude and behaviour included gender, age, education, nurse level, work experience, type of ward, diabetes nursing certification, position held and most recent insulin administration.