SELF-CARE PRACTICES REGARDING PREVENTION OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION AMONG SECONDARY NURSING STUDENTS | ||
| Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing | ||
| Article 12, Volume 6, Issue 3, December 2019, Pages 195-220 PDF (653.21 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2019.67995 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Huda Mohep Fathy Mahmoud* 1; Gehad Mohamed2; Nahed Abd-Elazeem Abd-Elsalam1; Afaf Abd-Allah Mohamed Mossad1 | ||
| 1Family and Community Health Nursing – Faculty of Nursing – Port-Said University | ||
| 2Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, faculty of nursing port-said University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| BackGround: Adolescents self-care practices and hygienic care are a critical issues that determines the health status of them. This study aimed to assess the preventive self-care practices againsturinary tract infection (UTI) among secondary nursing students. A cross sectional descriptive design was adopted. All secondary nursing schools in Port-Said Governorate were the setting. A total of 247of female nursing students were recruited suing simple random sampling technique. An interviewing Questionnaire sheet was used to assess students' self- care practices regarding prevention of UTI.The results revealed that 72.1% of girls had poor level of knowledge regarding anatomy and physiology of the urinary system and urinary tract infection. While, less than two-thirds of them had inadequate total practices. The results showed that, strong positive correlation was detected between students' total knowledge score andtotal practice score. Conclusion: Majority of nursing students scored poor level of knowledge regarding UTIs and its preventive hygienic practices. Recommendations: more attention should be given to establish educational strategies towards improving female students' health awareness in this topic. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nursing students; prevention; Self-care practices; Urinary tract infection | ||
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