Assessment of attitudes of intensive care unit staff toward clinical practice guidelines.
Although studies on the implementation and adherence to specific practice guidelines have been proliferating, research examining the attitude of healthcare workers toward practice guidelines in general has been lacking. This study is a secondary analysis of data collected from 39 volunteer hospitals participating in the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System on attitudes of intensive care unit staff regarding practice guidelines in general. Age, profession, type of intensive care unit, and race were identified as significant predictors of attitude scores in this study. Understanding the differences in perceived barriers is important for the adherence to practice guidelines.
Pogorzelska
Monika
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Project coordinator, Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY 10032, USA. Mp2422@columbia.edu
Larson
Elaine L
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States