Disaster management: Identifying Malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors

Background: Disaster is unpredictable events and the numbers are mounting from day to day. It is crucial for nurses to be prepared in facing disaster and aftermath. The aim is to determine knowledge towards disaster management and identifying predictor factors. Methods: This comparative cross-sectio...

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Main Authors:	Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain, Ismail, Aniza, Mohd Saiboon, Ismail
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	RT Nursing
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/27853/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27853/13/27853_Disaster%20management-%20Identifying%20Malaysian_complete.pdf

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spelling	iium-278532018-02-12T07:32:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27853/ Disaster management: Identifying Malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain Ismail, Aniza Mohd Saiboon, Ismail RT Nursing Background: Disaster is unpredictable events and the numbers are mounting from day to day. It is crucial for nurses to be prepared in facing disaster and aftermath. The aim is to determine knowledge towards disaster management and identifying predictor factors. Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study conducted in one of states in Malaysia. The data was collected in October and November 2011. The questionnaire distributed to randomly select 468 nurses from emergency and trauma departments and health clinics with response rate of 84.6 per cent. Results: There is no difference on knowledge of both groups where 59.1% are having inadequate knowledge. Emergency nurses who attended disaster-related education/training are more likely to have adequate knowledge (p<0.05, AOR=3.807, 95% CI=1.584-9.153) and attended disaster-related education/training is predictors to the adequate knowledge of community health nurse (p<0.001, AOR=3.511, 95% CI=2.097-5.881). Conclusion: It has been proven statistically that adequacy of knowledge is driven by attending disaster-related education. Thus, it is paramount for organization to conduct disaster-related education/training as to improve knowledge towards disaster management. Keywords: disaster management; disaster nursing; emergency nurse; community/public health nurse; knowledge, attitude and practice 2012-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27853/13/27853_Disaster%20management-%20Identifying%20Malaysian_complete.pdf Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain and Ismail, Aniza and Mohd Saiboon, Ismail (2012) Disaster management: Identifying Malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors. In: World Society of Disaster Nursing Research Conference 2012, 23 & 24 August 2012, Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. (Unpublished)
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description	Background: Disaster is unpredictable events and the numbers are mounting from day to day. It is crucial for nurses to be prepared in facing disaster and aftermath. The aim is to determine knowledge towards disaster management and identifying predictor factors. Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study conducted in one of states in Malaysia. The data was collected in October and November 2011. The questionnaire distributed to randomly select 468 nurses from emergency and trauma departments and health clinics with response rate of 84.6 per cent. Results: There is no difference on knowledge of both groups where 59.1% are having inadequate knowledge. Emergency nurses who attended disaster-related education/training are more likely to have adequate knowledge (p<0.05, AOR=3.807, 95% CI=1.584-9.153) and attended disaster-related education/training is predictors to the adequate knowledge of community health nurse (p<0.001, AOR=3.511, 95% CI=2.097-5.881). Conclusion: It has been proven statistically that adequacy of knowledge is driven by attending disaster-related education. Thus, it is paramount for organization to conduct disaster-related education/training as to improve knowledge towards disaster management. Keywords: disaster management; disaster nursing; emergency nurse; community/public health nurse; knowledge, attitude and practice
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain Ismail, Aniza Mohd Saiboon, Ismail
author_facet	Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain Ismail, Aniza Mohd Saiboon, Ismail
author_sort	Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain
title	Disaster management: Identifying Malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors
title_short	Disaster management: Identifying Malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors
title_full	Disaster management: Identifying Malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors
title_fullStr	Disaster management: Identifying Malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors
title_full_unstemmed	Disaster management: Identifying Malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors
title_sort	disaster management: identifying malaysian nurses’ knowledge and predictor factors
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/27853/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27853/13/27853_Disaster%20management-%20Identifying%20Malaysian_complete.pdf
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