Nursing Students' Knowledge and Practice regarding Mantoux Skin Test Procedure | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2022, Pages 553-559 PDF (514.22 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2022.295622 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Gamila Ahmed1; Reham ELghool2; Samar Abdelraoof3 | ||
| 1Demonstrator in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology, Faculty of Education, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
| 3Professor in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Tuberculosis (TB) is second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, as well cause disease among millions of people each year. Screening can lead to early diagnosis and treatment thereby reducing TB related morbidity and mortality, Mantoux tuberculin skin test (MTST) was the standard method for detecting latent TB infection, Therefore, the current study aimed to assess students` knowledge and practice regarding Mantoux skin test procedure, through a cross sectional study on a convenient sample composed of 200 undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the course of community health nursing 2nd semester, academic year 2021-2022, by three two structured self-administrated questionnaires and an observation checklist. Results of the present study revealed that 93% of nursing students had poor total level of knowledge with a mean 10.0500 (3.45357) and 71.5% had proficient total level of practice with a mean 43.5650(3.54522); concluding that most of nursing students had poor total level of knowledge and less than three quarters had proficient total level of practice regarding Mantoux skin test procedure, so it is recommended to design educational session to raise nursing students' knowledge regarding Mantoux skin test procedure. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| knowledge; practice; tuberculosis; nursing students; Mantoux skin test | ||
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