NURSES^ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DEMENTIA CARE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY Upik Rahmi, Septian Andriyani
UPI
Abstract
Nurses^ knowledge about dementia is very important in order to provide better care to dementia patients. It will improve the quality of care services so that the patient^s quality of life improves. The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge of nurses about dementia care at the Bandung City Health Center, Indonesia. The research design was cross-sectional, total sampling was 34 nurses from 3 health centers who had a high incidence of dementia. The results showed that the nurses^ knowledge about dementia care was sufficient, namely- causes or etiologic dementia in 6 people (17.7%), knowledge of prevention and treatment of 11 people (32.4%), knowledge of signs and symptoms of 7 people (20.5%) and knowledge of dementia treatment 10 people (29.4%). The correlation between knowledge and general characteristics was the most significant in the correlation between knowledge and dementia education Pv (0.01). Nurses at Puskesmas Kota Bandung have sufficient knowledge about dementia. This is influenced by factors of age, education, length of work and health education about dementia care. In conclusion, the knowledge of nurses about dementia is still not good and there is a significant relationship between knowledge and formal dementia education.
