“A Comparative Study To Assess The Knowledge Regarding Pacemaker And Care Of Patient With Pacemaker Among Nurses Working In Government Hospital And Private Hospital In Maharashtra With View To Prepare Information Booklet”

Abstract

Abstract 

Background of the study:

Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death globally. Cardio vascular disease remains a major health problem, causing high mortality and morbidity all over the world. Complete Heart Block (CHB) is a cardiac disease associated with extremely low heart rates and if untreated, results in an average longevity of only 2.5 years. In India there were 140,000 new cases that received treatment. The only effective treatment for CHB is implantation of a cardiac pacemaker.

Objectives of the study: To assess the level of knowledge regarding pacemaker and care of patient with pacemaker among nurses working in government hospital and private hospital and compare the knowledge of nurses working in government hospital and private hospital.

Methods: The quantitative research approach was used for the present study. The comparative research design was used and the data was collected from 100 staff nurses were selected by convenient sampling technique from government and private hospitals. The self-administered structured knowledge questionnaire was used. The data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: The levels of knowledge, Among the government staff nurses, 28(56%) were had the average knowledge and 22(44%) were had good knowledge. Whereas among the staff nurses working in private hospitals, 32(64%) were had good knowledge and 18(36%) were had average knowledge. The overall mean and standard deviation of staff nurses was 21.8±5.52 and median was 17. Among the private nurse’s the overall mean and standard deviation knowledge of the private staff nurses was 26.9 ±2.66 and median was 27. The independent t test was used to compare the knowledge of staff nurses of government and private hospitals. The t test value was 5.88 and p value was 0.001 found significant. The independent t test as used. In the aspect of knowledge related to pace maker was 3.17 and p=0.002 and for the aspect of care of patient with pacemaker was 6.30, p=0.001 which shown that there was significant difference between the aspect wise knowledge among the staff nurses working in private and government hospitals. The chi square test was used to find the association. Among the government hospital staff nurses, age in years (χ² = 8.57, p=0.047) was found significant with knowledge. Among private hospital staff nurses, professional education (χ²= 6.32, p=0.016) and experience was (χ²= 9.13, p=0.014,) were found significant. Conclusion: The study concludes that the private hospital staff nurses had the more knowledge compared to government hospital staff nurses.