Table 4 Percentages of positive responses to nurses’ attitude statements (Moore and Price scale)
|  | National (n = 605) | Hospital | p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Â | ||
(n = 146) | (n = 119) | (n = 107) | (n = 80) | (n = 74) | (n = 59) | (n = 20) | |||
1 All patients are at potential risk of developing pressure ulcers. | 51.4 | 41.4 | 54.6 | 49.5 | 53.8 | 48.6 | 64.4 | 80.0 | 0.007 |
2 Pressure ulcer prevention is time consuming for me to carry out. | 53.2 | 50.7 | 54.6 | 53.3 | 41.3 | 66.2 | 64.4 | 30.0 | 0.008 |
3 In my opinion, patients tend not to get as many pressure ulcers nowadays. | 38.0 | 33.6 | 29.4 | 47.7 | 30.0 | 45.9 | 42.4 | 60.0 | 0.006 |
4 I do not need to concern myself with pressure ulcer prevention in my practice. | 79.7 | 78.1 | 82.4 | 87.9 | 58.8 | 86.5 | 81.4 | 85.0 | < 0.001 |
5 Pressure ulcer treatment is a greater priority than pressure ulcer prevention. | 67.8 | 72.6 | 63.9 | 66.4 | 61.3 | 71.6 | 72.9 | 60.0 | 0.445 |
6 Continuous nursing assessment of patients will give an accurate account of their pressure ulcer risk. | 96.7 | 95.9 | 97.5 | 97.2 | 95.0 | 97.3 | 98.3 | 95.0 | 0.913 |
7 Most pressure ulcers can be avoided. | 72.9 | 74.0 | 78.2 | 59.8 | 80.0 | 70.3 | 72.9 | 85.0 | 0.022 |
8 I am less interested in pressure ulcer prevention than other aspects of nursing care. | 85.0 | 84.2 | 90.8 | 90.7 | 73.8 | 85.1 | 81.4 | 80.0 | 0.022 |
9 My clinical judgement is better than any pressure ulcer risk assessment tool available to me. | 45.3 | 43.2 | 54.6 | 45.8 | 37.5 | 39.2 | 49.2 | 45.0 | 0.246 |
10 In comparison with other areas of nursing care, pressure ulcer prevention is a low priority for me. | 84.8 | 82.9 | 94.1 | 85.0 | 70.0 | 90.5 | 86.4 | 75.0 | < 0.001 |
11 Pressure ulcer risk assessment should be regularly carried out on all patients during their stay in hospital. | 91.2 | 87.0 | 95.8 | 93.5 | 87.5 | 91.9 | 93.2 | 90.0 | 0.148 |
Number of percentages ≥50.0 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0.923 |