Predictors of medical staff's knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of dysphagia assessment: A cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Chen, Juanhui
name: Ye, Wenqiu
name: Zheng, Xingyun
name: Wu, Wenna
name: Chen, Yuebao
name: Chen, Yinjuan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Dysphagia
Assessment
Stroke
Knowledge
Attitude
Behavior
cross-sectional
predictors

description: This study aimed to develop training resources and standardize the assessment of dysphagia in patients with stroke. This study was a cross-sectional study. A total of 430 nurses and doctors from four provinces(Guangdong Province, Hunan Province, Guangxi Province, and Shaanxi Province) who were selected by convenience sampling were invited to complete the questionnaire through WeChat, DingTalk, and Tencent QQ from May 23 to 31, 2022. A self-reported questionnaire was used to assess participants' Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior regarding dysphagia. Participants' sociodemographic, training, and nursing experience were measured using the general information sheet and assessed as potential predictors of medical staff's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of dysphagia assessment. A multiple linear regression model was used to identify the factors predicting medical staff's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior regarding dysphagia assessment. The mean scores for Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of dysphagia assessments were 92.654(SD 17.519). Multiple linear regression results indicated that experience in dysphagia patients' nursing, related training for dysphagia, working years in the field of dysphagia-related diseases, specialized training in geriatric, swallowing & rehabilitation, and department related to neurology, rehabilitation & elderly were significant predictors, accounting for 35.1% of the variance in scores of medical staff's Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior of dysphagia assessment. Our findings imply that nursing experience, training, and work for patients with swallowing disorders could have positive effects on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of medical staff regarding dysphagia assessment. Hospital administrators should provide relevant resources, such as videos of dysphagia assessment, training centers for the assessment of dysphagia, and swallowing specialist nurses. It is important that health policies fully recognize the role of training and support systems in caring for people with dysphagia.
description: Funding provided by: Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, Longgang District, Shenzhen*Crossref Funder Registry ID: Award Number: LGKCYLWS2020128
description: Data Collection and Analysis

This study was approved by the ethics committee of the study hospital. Data were collected on May 23–31, 2022. All participants were invited to complete the questionnaire through WeChat, DingTalk, and Tencent QQ from May 23 to May 31, 2022. A professional questionnaire survey platform that provides functions equivalent to Amazon Mechanical Turk called "Wenjuan Xing" was used to investigate. The researcher sent the questionnaire through WeChat, DingTalk, and Tencent QQ to colleagues and classmates to fill in and asked them to forward the questionnaire to their colleagues. Data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows, version 23. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. The findings were summarized using descriptive statistics, univariate analysis, and dummy multiple regression analysis. The data were normally distributed, as assessed by skewness and kurtosis tests. Descriptive statistics (e.g., mean, SD, or n, %) were used to summarize the study variables. Univariate analysis (independent-sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance for categorical independent variables) was performed to explore the potential predictors of medical staff KAB for dysphagia assessment. A comparison analysis was conducted to analyze the differences in medical staff's KAB for dysphagia assessment among Guangdong Province, Hunan Province, Guangxi Province, and Shaanxi Province.