Table 3.
Responses to attitude questions by health professionals working at South Gondar Zone hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021(N = 218); n (%)
| Attitude questions | Health professionals’ response to attitude questions of oxygen therapy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| Oxygen is a drug that should be given only when prescribed by a doctor or a registered nurse during an emergency. | 75 (34.4) | 76(34.9) | 2(0.9) | 64(29.4) | 1(0.5) |
| Oral &nasal hygiene and normal saline drops as necessary should be done when giving oxygen therapy. | 55(25.2) | 155(71.1) | 1(0.5) | 7(3.2) | 0 |
| Intermittent oxygen therapy is more beneficial than continuous oxygen administration. | 60(27.5) | 144(66.1) | 10(4.6) | 3(1.4) | 1(0.5) |
| The best practice to prevent dryness of the mucus membrane of the upper respiratory is humidification. | 58(26.6) | 151(69.3) | 1(0.5) | 6(2.8) | 2(0.9) |
| Persons with severe lung disease need to maintain at the prescribed oxygen saturation range. | 34(15.6) | 70(32.1) | 1(0.5) | 57(26.1) | 56(25.7) |
| Since oxygen is a drug its administration to the patient is not safe &very dangerous. | 25(11.5) | 30(13.8) | 7(3.2) | 77(35.3) | 79(36.2) |
| A patient on oxygen therapy indicates that the patient is at the end stage of life. | 8(3.7) | 9(4.1) | 4(1.8) | 82(37.6) | 115(52.8) |
| Since oxygen is a vasoactive substance, excessive supplementation leads to hyperoxia. | 56(25.7) | 141(64.7) | 3(1.4) | 11(5) | 7(3.2) |
| High fractions of FiO2 cause lung damage. | 71(32.6) | 137(62.8) | 3(1.4) | 6(2.8) | 1(0.5) |
| Oxygen saturation and delivery system should be recorded on the patient monitoring chart routinely. | 75(34.4) | 138(63.3) | 1(0.5) | 4(1.8) | |
Hint: FiO2 Fraction of Inspired Oxygen