Original Research Article
Year: 2016 | Month: November | Volume: 6 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 209-213
Knowledge Regarding Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Therapy among Staff Nurses with the View to Develop Self-Instructional Module
Amisha S Amin1, Vinaya Kumary T2*, VijiPrasad. C2**
1II Year M. Sc. Nursing, 2Assistant Professor
*Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing, **Department of Psychiatric Nursing
Yenepoya Nursing College, Deralakatte, Mangaluru.
Corresponding Author: Amisha S Amin
ABSTRACT
Background of the study: Stem cell research has been broadly explored worldwide to enhance human health in medical setting. As stem cell therapy is a new approach in medical science, most of the clients and their relatives are unaware about this clinical entity. The health care professionals including staff nurses also lack adequate knowledge about this new innovative approach. Nurses’ knowledge on umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy is very important as these could affect the decision on providing appropriate stem cell-based treatments for clients with many life threatening diseases.
Objectives: The objective of the study is to determine the level of knowledge regarding umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy.
Methodology: Data was derived from 100 staff nurses in selected hospital at Mangaluru. Non-probability convenience sampling technique was used. The knowledge level was assessed using structured knowledge questionnaire. Data analysis was done by descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The assessment of knowledge regarding umbilical cord stem cell therapy among staff nurses showed that majority (90%) had poor knowledge and only 10% had average knowledge. The study results also depicted the association between knowledge scores and few selected variables like previous knowledge and source of information at 0.05 level of significance.
Conclusion: Hence the researcher concluded that the staff nurses’ have poor knowledge on umbilical cord stem cell therapy and there is a need to educate the staff nurses on the same aspect through in-service education.
Key words: Umbilical cord blood, stem cell, stem cell therapy, staff nurses.