Volume 27, Issue 137, July 2023

Assessment and determining factors of the awareness and knowledge of healthcare providers about Cardiogenic Oscillations and its effect on mechanically ventilated patients: A multivariate logistic modeling

Nagla Abdalghani¹, Mozdalifah Elnaeem², Ahmed Alsaab¹, Yazeed Almahdi¹, Mohammed Nasser¹, Ahmed Rajih¹, Ahmed Zaylaee¹, Isameldin Elamin M Medani³, Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab^4♦

¹Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
²Department of Radiology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
⁴Medical Research Centre, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Medical Research Centre, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Cardiogenic oscillations (COs) are small waves produced by heartbeats with significant clinical implications. Therefore, the current study was designed to determine the magnitude of COs' knowledge and awareness gaps and their associated determining factors. An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted electronically from December 2022 to February 2023, during which data was collected from the targeted population of healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia. The data were statistically analysed using SPSS software. A total of 407 participants were studied, with 58% being male (n = 237), 79.4% (n = 323) having Saudi citizenship, 68.5% (n = 279) being under 40 years old, and 31.4% (n = 128) being over 40 years old. Males had more general knowledge about COs than females, but the difference is not statistically significant, but it is higher among those over 50. Furthermore, it is observed to be considerably greater among physicians, anaesthesiologists, and respiratory therapists, respectively. The findings of the logistic regression model demonstrated that knowledge was significantly correlated with educational attainment (crude OR = 1.526) and clinical experience (crude OR = 0.653, P<0.05). A significant correlation was found between age (OR = 2.057), educational attainment (crude OR = 1.384), and clinical experience (crude OR = 0.549) in the logistic regression model for awareness. The amount of knowledge and awareness was unaffected by gender or nationality. Our study found that awareness and knowledge of COs are low among healthcare providers but significantly higher among those with higher levels of education and longer clinical experience. Finally, this lack of knowledge necessitates the development of training programs.

Keywords: Cardiogenic oscillations, knowledge, awareness, mechanical ventilation, auto triggering

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e293ms3128

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i137/e293ms3128

Published: 12 July 2023