Dawod, A. (2025). Barriers that Hinder Caring of Obese Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4(9), 344-354. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.357617.1278
Alaa Samarah Dawod. "Barriers that Hinder Caring of Obese Patients in the Intensive Care Unit". Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4, 9, 2025, 344-354. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.357617.1278
Dawod, A. (2025). 'Barriers that Hinder Caring of Obese Patients in the Intensive Care Unit', Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4(9), pp. 344-354. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.357617.1278
Dawod, A. Barriers that Hinder Caring of Obese Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 2025; 4(9): 344-354. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.357617.1278
Barriers that Hinder Caring of Obese Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
Medical Surgical Nursing. Faculty of nursing .helwan university
Abstract
Background: Nurses hardly tried to provide professional care in safely and concerned manner for obese patients but they encounter barriers when caring for them . These barriers must be identified for providing safe and quality health care for these patients. Aim: This study aimed to assess barriers that hinder caring of Obese Patients in the intensive care units. Research design: A descriptive exploratory design was utilized to achieve aim of the study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Intensive Care Units in Sayed Galal Hospital. Subject: A Convenient sample of (96) nurses in different category of intensive care units and purposive sample of 96 obese patients that present at the time of the study. Tools: Three tools were used in this study, Tool I: Patient demographic characteristics and medical data. Tool II: Nurses self-administered questionnaire which included two parts. Part I: Nurses demographic characteristics, Part II: Nurses’ knowledge assessment questionnaire, Part III: Nurses’ knowledge assessment questionnaire. Tool III: Barriers assessment questionnaire for care of obese patients which included two parts. Part I: Barriers assessment questionnaire regarding clinical practice, Part II: Barriers assessment questionnaire regarding equipment. Results: The majority of the studied nurses had satisfactory total knowledge regarding obesity and about two third of them had high barriers in caring of obese patients. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant positive correlation between total knowledge and total barriers scores of the studied nurses. Recommendation: Provide clear protocol, practice standards, educational programs and ongoing training for nurses about Care of obese patients.
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