Arshad Hussain.
Knowledge of Nurses regarding Glasgow Coma Scale in Tertiary Care Hospitals in Karachi.
Ann Jinnah Sindh Med Uni Jun ;7(2):65-70.

Objective: To assess the knowledge of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) among nurses working in tertiary care hospitals, Karachi Methodology: An observational cross-sectional study was carried out among 193 nurses from two public sector hospitals in Karachi, who had at least one year of nursing experience. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire by non-probability purposive sampling technique. To assess knowledge about GCS, a structured questionnaire was used. Pearson Chi-square test was used to identify association between knowledge of GCS and nursing demographic characteristics. P-value = 0.05 was considered significant. Results: This study shows that 41.5% of study participants had adequate knowledge about GCS. Only 38.3% had good knowledge about functions, indicators, and monitoring skills, while 20.2% participants had poor knowledge. Female nurses scored slightly higher in good knowledge as compared to male nurses. There was no association of knowledge level with the nurses professional education levels. Chi-square test confirmed that hospital was the only variable that showed significant association with GCS knowledge (p-value 0.008 <0.05). Conclusion: The majority of participants had adequate level of knowledge regarding GCS. In terms of gender, slightly higher knowledge was found in female nurses who fell in the good knowledge category, whereas male nurses falling in the adequate level had higher knowledge. Graduate nurses had higher adequate and good levels of knowledge about GCS. Key Words: Conscious level, Glasgow coma scale, knowledge, nurse

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