Table 6 Presentation of updates and clinical support with confidence among the study participants (N = 315)
From: Attitude and practices of tracheostomy care among nursing staff in Saudi Arabia
Variables | Confidence in Managing patients with tracheostomies | Total | P-value | ||
Confident (n, %) | Not confident (n, %) | ||||
Do you feel up to date with the available evidence-based practice in tracheostomy management? | No | 21 (12.7%) | 15 (39.5%) | 36 (17.7%) | 0.000 |
Yes | 141 (85.5%) | 17 (44.7%) | 158 (77.8%) | ||
Total | 165 (100%) | 38 (100%) | 203 (100%) | ||
Do you feel up to date with the advances in tracheostomy technology including the specialized tracheostomy tube options available? | No | 53 (32.1%) | 28 (73.3%) | 81 (39.9%) | 0.000 |
Yes | 108 (65.5%) | 8 (21.1%) | 116 (57.1%) | ||
Total | 165 (100%) | 38 (100%) | 203 (100%) | ||
What training, if any, would you find beneficial to assist you in managing patients who are tracheostomized? | No training | 16 (9.7%) | 12 (31.6%) | 28 (13.8%) | 0.002 |
Internship rotation in ENT services | 18 (10.9%) | 3 (7.9%) | 21 (10.3%) | ||
| Â | Undergraduate courses | 25 (15.2%) | 8 (21.1%) | 33 (16.3%) | |
Postgraduate workshops | 106 (64.2%) | 15 (39.5%) | 121 (59.6%) | ||
Total | 165 (100%) | 38 (100%) | 203 (100%) | ||
Do you feel you have expert clinical support within your multidisciplinary team for the management of patients with a tracheostomy and those patients requiring ventilator assistance? [Tracheostomy only] | No | 24 (14.5%) | 17 (44.7%) | 41 (20.2%) | 0.000 |
Yes | 141 (85.5%) | 21 (55.3%) | 162 (79.8%) | ||
Total | 165 (100%) | 38 (100%) | 203 (100%) | ||
Do you feel you have expert clinical support within your multidisciplinary team for the management of patients with a tracheostomy and those patients requiring ventilator assistance? [Tracheostomy + ventilator-assistance] | No | 86 (52.1%) | 29 (76.3%) | 115 (56.7%) | 0.007 |
Yes | 79 (47.9%) | 9 (23.7%) | 88 (43.3%) | ||
Total | 165 (100%) | 38 (100%) | 203 (100%) | ||
Does the setting in which you work have an optimal team approach for the management of patients with a tracheostomy? | No | 13 (7.9%) | 19 (50%) | 32 (15.8%) | 0.000 |
Yes | 150 (90.9%) | 14 (36.8%) | 164 (80.8%) | ||
Total | 165 (100%) | 38 (100%) | 203 (100%) | ||
| Â | Confidence in Managing patients with tracheostomies on Ventilators | Total | P-value | ||
Confident (n, %) | Not confident (n, %) | ||||
Do you feel up to date with the available evidence-based practice in tracheostomy management? | No | 14 (12.8%) | 42 (42.9%) | 56 (27.1%) | 0.000 |
Yes | 92 (84.4%) | 48 (49%) | 140 (67.6%) | ||
Total | 109 (100%) | 98 (100%) | 207 (100%) | ||
Do you feel up to date with the advances in tracheostomy technology including the specialized tracheostomy tube options available? | No | 37 (33.9%) | 67 (68.4%) | 104 (50.2%) | 0.000 |
Yes | 69 (63.3%) | 30 (30.6%) | 99 (47.8%) | ||
Total | 109 (100%) | 98 (100%) | 207 (100%) | ||
What training, if any, would you find beneficial to assist you in managing patients who are tracheostomized? | No training | 11 (10.1%) | 23 (23.5%) | 34 (16.4%) | 0.057 |
Internship rotation in ENT services | 11 (10.1%) | 9 (9.2%) | 20 (9.7%) | ||
Undergraduate courses | 18 (16.5%) | 10 (10.2%) | 28 (13.5%) | ||
Postgraduate workshops | 69 (63.3%) | 56 (57.1%) | 125 (60.4%) | ||
Total | 109 (100%) | 98 (100%) | 207 (100%) | ||
Do you feel you have expert clinical support within your multidisciplinary team for the management of patients with a tracheostomy and those patients requiring ventilator assistance? [Tracheostomy only] | No | 20 (18.3%) | 23 (23.5%) | 43 (20.8%) | 0.365 |
Yes | 89 (81.7%) | 75 (76.5%) | 164 (79.2%) | ||
Total | 109 (100%) | 98 (100%) | 207 (100%) | ||
Do you feel you have expert clinical support within your multidisciplinary team for the management of patients with a tracheostomy and those patients requiring ventilator assistance? [Tracheostomy + ventilator-assistance] | No | 39 (35.8%) | 88 (89.8%) | 127 (61.4%) | 0.000 |
Yes | 70 (64.2%) | 10 (10.2%) | 80 (38.6%) | ||
Total | 109 (100%) | 98 (100%) | 207 (100%) | ||
Does the setting in which you work have an optimal team approach for the management of patients with a tracheostomy? | No | 27 (27.6%) | 8 (7.3%) | 35 (16.9%) | 0.000 |
Yes | 100 (91.7%) | 64 (65.3%) | 164 (79.2%) | ||
Total | 109 (100%) | 98 (100%) | 207 (100%) | ||