Analysis of ICU nurses'knowledge, belief and behavior about patients' early activities and its influencing factors

Objective To analyze the knowledge, belief and behavior of ICU nurses on patients'early activities and its influencing factors. Methods 311 ICU nurses from three general tertiary hospitals in a certain city were selected to evaluate the knowledge, belief and behavior status quo of patients'early activities by self-made nurses.Nurses'scores were understood and influencing factors were analyzed. Results 301 ICU nurses scored an average of (6.88±1.51) on patients'early activity knowledge (21.01±1.99) on patients' early activity belief knowledge and (16.58±2.47) on patients'early activity behavior knowledge. The results showed that the influencing factors of ICU nurses'early activity behavior included age, whether nurses had received professional training, educational background, professional title, working hours and whether they were ICU specialist nurses. Conclusions The survey results show that ICU nurses have low awareness of patients'early activities. The influencing factors are age, whether nurses have received professional training, educational background, professional title, working hours and whether they are ICU specialist nurses, which directly affect the implementation of patients' early activities in departments. Key words: ICU; Cognition; Influencing factors; Activity; Critical illness; Complications; Vital signs