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Comparison across 12 countries on knowledge, attitude, and behavior scores about medication errors in Intensive Care Units : an international study
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study
was to explore the degree of agreement of intensive
care unit nurses working on a set of medication
error preventive strategies and to examine
possible predictors of nurses’ knowledge,
attitude and behavior.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Observational,
international, and cross-sectional study. Iran,
Malta, Spain, Pakistan, Nepal, Qatar, Ecuador,
Australia, Finland, Italy, Egypt, and Jordan were
the countries included in this survey. To collect
data, the Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior in
Medication Errors questionnaire was used. A
descriptive statistical analysis was performed
for the socio-demographic characteristics of the sample and three multiple logistic regressions
were performed.
RESULTS: The international sample consists
of 1383 nurses, of whom 478 (34.6%) were men
and 900 (65.1%) were women and their mean age
was 35.61 years with a range of 19-61. Descriptive
statistics conducted on the international
sample show a medium to high degree of agreement
among participants concerning some preventive
strategies of medication error. In addition,
the results of the present study show a
strong relationship between positive nurses’ attitudes
and correct behaviors and/or adequate
knowledge, as well as between adequate knowledge
and correct behaviors (p< 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Further studies are needed
to explore the issue of medication error concerning
nurses’ cultural backgrounds, as well as
to assess similarities and disparities among international
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