Nursing knowledge about incontinence-associated dermatitis in a teaching hospital

Abstract

Objective: Verify the nursing knowledge about incontinence-associated dermatitis in a teaching hospital. Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional research with quantitative analysis carried out with 90 nurses from a university hospital in the northeast of the country between January and February 2021. Data were collected through a self-administered online questionnaire. Applied Fisher's exact association statistical test for crossing the variables. Results: 75.6% of the participants had knowledge about the definition of incontinence-associated dermatitis, however most participants were wrong about several factors, such as: image identification (58.9%), evaluation (66.7%), prevention and treatment (58.9%), risk assessment method (62.2%). Conclusion: Participants have weaknesses in the knowledge of incontinence-associated dermatitis. It is recommended that this study should be reproduced in other scenarios, in order to contribute to the production of protocols to optimize the management of incontinence-associated dermatitis.