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Assessment of Nurses' Awareness Regarding Respiratory Syncytial Virus

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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Community Health Nursing.

Abstract

Background: Respiratory syncytial virus is common respiratory virus that causes bronchiolitis and pneumonia, particularly in infants and older adults. Nurses, being on the frontlines of patient care, need to be well-informed about the virus, its symptoms, transmission modes, prevention strategies, and treatment options. Aim: This study aimed to assess nurses' awareness regarding respiratory syncytial virus. Research design: A descriptive design was used in this study. Setting: Chest Hospital and Fever Hospital of Alabasiya, Cairo Governorate. Sample: A convenience sample include 208 nurses. Tool of data collection: One tool included four parts, 1st part: Nurses' demographic characteristics, 2nd part: Nurses' knowledge about respiratory syncytial virus disease, 3rd part: Nurses' attitude about respiratory syncytial virus disease, 4th part: Nurses' reported practices regarding respiratory syncytial virus disease. Results: 62.7 % of the studied nurses had poor total knowledge level. While 69.7 % of them had negative total attitude level toward respiratory syncytial virus, and 59.3 % of them had inadequate total reported practices level regarding respiratory syncytial virus. Conclusion: There was highly statistically significant relation between studied nurses' total level of knowledge, total level of attitude, total level of reported practices and all items of demographic characteristics. Recommendations: Implementing health education program for nurses regarding respiratory syncytial virus.

DOI

10.21608/hijnrp.2025.341235.1262

Keywords

Keywords: Assessment, Awareness, Nurses, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

hussein

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

fysal giza egypt

Email

ahmedhessean339@gmail.com

City

giza

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Volume

4

Article Issue

9

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55180

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-12-02

Publish Date

2025-03-01

Page Start

86

Page End

100

Print ISSN

2735-5799

Online ISSN

2786-0183

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11

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Scientific Research Periodical

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1,926

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Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice

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https://hijnrp.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of Nurses' Awareness Regarding Respiratory Syncytial Virus

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27 Apr 2025