- Title
- Knowledge, attitudes and practises of professional nurses working with patients with tuberculosis in the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District
- Creator
- Nxumalo, Avela
- Subject
- Tuberculosis -- Patients -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Subject
- Tuberculosis -- Treatment -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Primary health care -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Subject
- Professional Nursing -- Dissertations
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCur
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33715
- Identifier
- vital:32994
- Description
- Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health problems worldwide, and includes the development of drug resistant TB. Tuberculosis is reportedly the second most common infectious cause of death worldwide and thus a global threat. In 2014, 9.6 million people were estimated to have TB and 1.5 million people died of the disease worldwide. South Africa is one of the African countries with the highest burden of TB with 1% of the population of about 50 000 000 who develop the TB disease each year. The research study explored and described the knowledge, attitudes and practices of professional nurses working with patients with TB in primary health care clinics in the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District (NMBHD). A quantitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used to operationalise the research objectives. The target population comprised professional nurses in primary health care clinics. Consecutive sampling, a type of non-probability sampling, was used in this study. Descriptive data analysis was applied to analyse and describe the data using the data analysis software programme Statistica Version 11. The majority of the participants (99%) had a high level of knowledge about the cause of TB as well as the question about contracting TB (94.9%). On the TB diagnostic tests: biopsy and sputum culture and sensitivity scored the lowest (22.2% and 36.4% respectively). Regarding the duration of TB treatment and the drug used to prevent TB most participants responded positively (97% and 91.9% respectively). Most of the participants had a positive attitude regarding TB (79.8%) confirming their willingness to wear masks although it makes them uncomfortable. Furthermore, most participants (99%) would like to be screened for TB if they have signs and symptoms suggestive of TB. The majority of participants (99%) responded positively to completing TB treatment if they were to be diagnosed with TB. The practices of professional nurses regarding TB were generally low (18.2%) in the areas of when to wear a mask, ventilation in the clinics and infection control. The results are displayed graphically using bar graphs and tables. Recommendations to the NMBHD were made and also for nursing practice, education, and research. Ethical principles have been maintained throughout the study.
- Format
- xiii, 92 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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