Conocimientos, actitudes y habilidades de la salud basada en evidencia en enfermeras de la carrera de enfermería de la Universidad de Cuenca y enfermeras del hospital de Azogues Homero Castanier Crespo. 2023-2024

Abstract

Background: Evidence-Based Health involves making clinical decisions based on research sources published in scientific literature, promoting the use of EBH for various actions in the healthcare field. Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitudes, and skills in Evidence-Based Health among nurses in the Nursing program at the University of Cuenca and the Homero Castanier Crespo Hospital. Methodology: An analytical descriptive study was conducted with 185 nurse educators from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Cuenca and nurses from the Homero Castanier Crespo Hospital. A questionnaire on sociodemographic data developed by the authors and an Evidence-Based Health questionnaire were administered. Analysis was performed using SPSS, employing descriptive statistic with tables and multivariable association statistics based on chi-square and p-value. Results: Among nurse educators, 69,7% have intermediate knowledge, and 75.8% exhibit high attitudes, while 51.3% of hospital nurses have high skills. A statistically significant association was identified between the level of knowledge and educational level in hospital nurses (p-value=0.022). Similarly, a significant association was found between skills level and marital status in educators with a p-value of 0.016. Conclusions: The study revealed a high level of attitudes among educator populations, while hospital nurses contrastingly demonstrated a high level of skills