dc.contributor.author | Omolo, Meshack J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T07:26:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T07:26:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Master Of Medicine In internal medicine, The University Of Nairobi, 2008 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25164 | |
dc.description.abstract | Title: Assessment of knowledge and attitude on antiretroviral therapy
among nursing students.
Objective: To assess the knowledge and attitude of final year nursing
students at Kenyatta National Hospital. Specific Objectives were to
establish the knowledge of nursing students on Anti-retroviral therapy
and to determine the attitude of students towards patients who are on
Anti-retroviral therapy
Method: The study done at Kenyatta National hospital administered
questionnaires to 150 students and 138 were found eligible. Data
collected was analyzed using STATA.
Results: The findings of the study showed that 39.8% of the nursing
students had knowledge about Anti-Retroviral drugs; 42% of the
students had some ideas while 18% of the students did not have
adequate knowledge. Married and older students seemed to have
better knowledge on ART compared to young and single Nurses
significant at a P-value of 0.033. Attitude towards ART was positive
from 34.8% of the students while 65.2% of the nursing students had
not expressed their feeling. There was significant association between
attitude and sex.
Conclusion: This study confirmed lack of adequate knowledge on Antiretroviral
therapy among newly qualified nursing students. The study
recommended inclusion of HIV/AIDS based units in the basic training
of nurses | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.title | Assessment of knowledge and attitude on antiretroviral therapy among nursing students | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | Faculty of Medicine | en |