Saudi Journal of Nursing and Health Care (SJNHC)
Volume-1 | Issue-03 | 204-210
Original Research Article
Knowledge and Attitude of Nursestowards Occupational Hazards in Tertiary Care Hospital, Lahore
Tahira Ghaffar, Afsar Ali, Nosheen Noor Ud Din
Published : July 30, 2018
Abstract
Occupational hazards are termed as workplace undesirable activities that can
cause an injury or ill health among the health care workers at their work place Aluko et al.,
2016. In discharging their duties, nurses encounter a variety of occupational health
problems which may be categorized into biological, chemical, mechanical, and
psychosocial hazards Manyele, Ngonyani, & Eliakimu, 2008. The main aim of this study
is to determine the knowledge and attitude of clinical practicing nurses regarding
occupational hazards at the selected hospital. A Descriptive Cross sectional design was
used to assess the awareness of nurses regarding the occupational hazards and its
management. A quantitative non experimental approach was applied. A sample n=200
registered nurses was drawn from the list of all registered nurses at Mayo Hospital Lahore
through convenient sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was adopted from a
previous study. The adopted questionnaire meets the basic purpose and objectives of this
current study. All the questions were written and formulated simply. The data collection
tool consists of closed ended questions with Yes and No for Knowledge and Likert scale
of agreements and disagreements for Attitude. After the data categorized and entered in to
the computer, it will be analyzed with the help of SPSS software (version 21). Religion
and Knowledge of occupational hazards is having significant association (p value= .001).
Furthermore Marital status of the participants is significantly associated with the
knowledge and attitude towards the occupational hazards among nurses. The chi squire
tests are having significant association (p value= .000) less than .05. Moreover Knowledge
and attitude of occupational hazards showed a significant relationship with having Pearson
chi square values (p values .000). In conclusion, the Knowledge ad attitude of
occupational hazards was found to be associated with different factors such as Education,
Marital status and religion etc.