Nursing Students' Knowledge and Practice regarding Mantoux Skin Test Procedure

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Demonstrator in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

2 Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology, Faculty of Education, Mansoura University, Egypt

3 Professor in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, as well cause disease among
millions of people each year. Screening can lead to early diagnosis and treatment thereby reducing TB related morbidity
and mortality, Mantoux tuberculin skin test (MTST) was the standard method for detecting latent TB infection,
Therefore, the current study aimed to assess students` knowledge and practice regarding Mantoux skin test procedure,
through a cross sectional study on a convenient sample composed of 200 undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the course of community health nursing 2nd semester, academic year 2021-2022, by three two structured self-administrated questionnaires and an observation checklist. Results of the present study revealed that 93% of nursing students had poor total level of knowledge with a mean 10.0500 (3.45357) and 71.5% had proficient total level of practice with a mean 43.5650(3.54522); concluding that most of nursing students had poor total level of knowledge and less than three quarters had proficient total level of practice regarding Mantoux skin test procedure, so it is recommended to design educational session to raise nursing students' knowledge regarding Mantoux skin test procedure.
 

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