Knowledge and its relation with adherence of emergency nurses of hospitals affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences about the instructions for tissue plasminogen activator in patients with stroke

Abstract

Background and purpose: stroke is the most important vascular disease of the brain and one of the important causes of disability and death. Proper treatment of this disease can largely prevent death and its complications. The purpose of this research was to determine the Knowledge and its relation with adherence of emergency nurses of hospitals affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences about the instructions for tissue plasminogen activator in patients with stroke. Research method: This study was conducted using a descriptive analytical method and the sampling was random quota. Two questionnaires of knowledge and adherence to tissue plasminogen activator instructions in stroke patients were completed by 170 nurses working in the emergency department of Tabriz hospitals. From the characteristics of descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, the data of the targets were analyzed. T-tests, analysis of variance and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used to investigate the relationship between knowledge and compliance variables with background characteristics. The results were analyzed in SPSS version 26. Findings: The mean and standard deviation of the age of the nurses was 34.24±6.57 and most of them (59.4%) had completed 724 classes or courses about the process and activation of code 724. The mean and standard deviation of nurses' knowledge and adherence to tissue plasminogen activator instructions in stroke patients were 52.67±10.37 and 68.14±5.18, respectively. There was a positive and significant relationship between the variable of knowledge and the variable of compliance (P<0.05), so that for one unit increase in knowledge, compliance increases by 0.26 units. Conclusion: Since the knowledge and adherence to the tissue plasminogen activator instruction is of vital importance in stroke patients, it is necessary to obtain the maximum scores, but according to the findings, the knowledge score of the participants was almost equal to the median. Since the knowledge of nurses is transferred to their compliance with instructions, it is suggested to hold frequent training courses for nurses.