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J. M. Darandari; S. K. AlDahi; F. Farahat
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <record xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"> <leader>00000nam##2200000uu#4500</leader> <datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Transcutaneous Oxygen Tensions, Diabetic foot ulcer, chronic non-healing wounds, Attitude towards hyperbaric oxygen therapy, practice of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, diffusion of innovation</subfield> </datafield> <controlfield tag="005">20200120155245.0</controlfield> <controlfield tag="001">3461115</controlfield> <datafield tag="700" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="u">Preventive Medicine Department, King Salman Armed Forces Hospial, Tabuk City, SA</subfield> <subfield code="a">S. K. AlDahi</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="700" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="u">Community Medicine, Alhada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif.</subfield> <subfield code="a">F. Farahat</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2=" "> <subfield code="s">172274</subfield> <subfield code="z">md5:7033964454659aa9f172b85a50df8b42</subfield> <subfield code="u">https://zenodo.org/record/3461115/files/Darandari et al.pdf</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="542" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="l">open</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="c">2019-09-25</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="909" ind1="C" ind2="O"> <subfield code="p">openaire</subfield> <subfield code="o">oai:zenodo.org:3461115</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="100" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="u">Prince Sultan Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia</subfield> <subfield code="a">J. M. Darandari</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="245" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hyperbaric O2 Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic non-healing Wounds among Physicians</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="540" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="u">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode</subfield> <subfield code="a">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="650" ind1="1" ind2="7"> <subfield code="a">cc-by</subfield> <subfield code="2">opendefinition.org</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a"><p>Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO<sub>2</sub>) Therapy has been used for several decades as an adjunctive treatment to standard care for chronic non-healing wounds. However, very little is known about the factors that influenced physicians use of this mode of therapy in their practice. 1st: To assess Physicians Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy in the treatment of chronic non-healing wounds among physicians, whose practice included wound care, in the Saudi Armed Forces Hospitals during the year 2008. 2nd: To identify the factors associated with their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy.<em> </em>110 Physicians participated in a Cross sectional study with an analytical component. Data collection tool was 21-item questionnaire. All of the 110 physicians participated in the study. The results showed that Practice of HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy was adopted by only a minority (7.3%; 95% C. I = 3.7 &ndash; 13.7) of Physicians who were concentrated in the eastern province. This was despite that the majority of physicians had a high Knowledge (76%; 95% C.I = 76.4&ndash;83.5) and agreed (61.9%; 95% C.I = 52.4&ndash;70.6) with the use of HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy. Physicians Knowledge was significantly associated with the dependence on various sources of information to stay informed about the evidence of wound care treatment. Physicians Attitude towards HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy was significantly associated with their Knowledge (P &lt;0.05). Physicians Practice of HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy was significantly associated with Patients voluntary request of HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy (P= 0.006), Symposia was a source of information to stay informed about the evidence of wound care treatments (P= 0.007).<em> </em>The low level of Physicians Practice, in contrast to their high Knowledge of and Attitude towards, HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy in the treatment of chronic non-healing wounds, in the Saudi Armed Forces Hospitals, was mainly due to the unavailability (except in Jubail) and inaccessibility of HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy despite the availability of multiplace HBO<sub>2</sub> Chambers. It is suggested that Policy procedures and protocols for use of (or referral for) HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy to be implemented. Also educating both Patients and Physicians and focusing on cost-effectiveness most probably will encourage future use of HBO<sub>2</sub> Therapy.</p></subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="773" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="n">doi</subfield> <subfield code="i">isVersionOf</subfield> <subfield code="a">10.5281/zenodo.3461114</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="024" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">10.5281/zenodo.3461115</subfield> <subfield code="2">doi</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="980" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">publication</subfield> <subfield code="b">article</subfield> </datafield> </record>
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