The Level of Knowledge Among Nurses Regarding Care of Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy at Najran Hospitals, Saudi Arabia

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Nurses from Three Hospitals in Najran City (N = 125)

Demographic Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Hospitals
King Khalid Hospital	100	80
Najran General Hospital	20	16
University Hospital	5	4
Department name
ICU	55	44
Pediatric ICU	31	24.8
Cardiac surgical ICU	39	31.2
Gender
Male	14	11.2
Female	111	88.8
Marital status
Single	51	40.8
Married	74	59.2
Age (year)
From 20 to 30 years old	63	50.4
From 31 t0 40 years old	43	34.4
From 41 to 50 years old	16	12.8
More than 50 years old	3	2.4
Working experience (year)
From 1 to 3 years	32	25.6
From 4 to 6 years	46	36.8
From 7 to 9 years	22	17.6
From 10 years and more	25	20
Level of education
Diploma degree	11	8.8
Bachelor’s degree	109	87.2
Master’s degree	5	4
Nationality
Saudi	30	24
Non-Saudi	95	76
Training course about HE
Yes	27	24
No	98	76
Written policy in caring for HE patients
Yes	61	48.8
No	64	51.2

Table 2 Overall Knowledge About of HE (N = 125)

Items	Incorrect		Correct		Total
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Total of knowledge about causes of HE.	214	28.5%	536	71.5	750	100
Total of knowledge about signs of HE.	235	37.6	390	62.4	625	100
Total of knowledge about medication of HE	140	37.3%	235	62.7%	375	100%
Total of Knowledge about complications of HE	135	36%	240	64%	375	100%
Total of knowledge about nursing care of HE	591	36.4%	1034	63.6%	1625	100
Total of knowledge	1315	35.1%	2435	64.9	3750	100

Figure 1 The nurses’ knowledge on causes, signs, complications and nursing care of HE.

Figure 2 Level of nurses’ knowledge on HE.

Figure 3 Overall of nurses’ knowledge on HE.

Table 3 Association Between Demographics and Characteristics of the Participants Nurses and Level of Knowledge Toward HE (N = 125)

Demographic Data	Level of Knowledge			P-value
	Good	Moderate	Poor
Hospitals
King Khalid Hospital	29	53	18	0.54
Najran General Hospital	4	14	2
University Hospital	2	3	0
Gender
Male	4	9	1	0.61
Female	31	61	19
Marital status
Married	16	42	16	0.01*
Unmarried	19	28	4
Age (years)
20–30 years	14	39	10	0.22
31–40 years	13	23	7
41–50 years	8	5	3
>50 years	0	3	0
Working experience (years)
1–3	10	20	2	0.37
4–6	9	27	10
7–9	6	12	4
≥ 10	10	11	4
Level of education
Diploma degree	2	6	3	0.02*
Bachelor’s degree	32	60	17
Master’s degree	1	4	0
Nationality
Saudi	5	16	12	0.02*
Non-Saudi	30	54	8
Training course about HE
Yes	9	16	2	0.36
No	26	54	18
Written policy in caring for HE patients
Yes	21	34	6	0.10
No	14	36	14

Note: *Significant.