Abstract:

Objective To investigate the knowledge of post-stroke dysphagia of neurology nurses from 18 hospitals in Beijing. Methods A total of 482 neurological and neurosurgery nurses from 18 tertiary hospitals in Beijing were selected by convenience sampling. The self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the knowledge of post-stroke dysphagia. Results The knowledge score of post-stroke dysphagia was（24.70±5.09）. The main influencing factors of nurses’ knowledge were training times,highest education degree,department and position,which accounted for 13.0% of the total variation. Conclusion The knowledge of neurology nurses on post-stroke dysphagia is in the middle level,which needs to be improved. Nursing managers and educators should increase the training times,strengthen the relevant training of neurosurgery nurses,and strengthen the training of swallowing disorder screening and evaluation content.

Key words: Nurse, Stroke, Deglutition Disorders, Questionnaires, Root Cause Analysis