TY - JOUR AU - Akter Halim, Khondoker Mahmuda AU - Sultana, Shirin AU - Khatun, Ratna AU - Islam, Sharmin AU - Muhammad, Faisal PY - 2019/06/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Knowledge regarding renal stone among the nurses working in a selected specialized hospital in Bangladesh JF - International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health JA - Int J Community Med Public Health VL - 6 IS - 7 SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192808 UR - https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/4746 SP - 2768-2772 AB - <p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Renal stone disease is a considerable burden on public health worldwide. This study aimed to assess the nurse’s knowledge regarding renal stone among the nurses working at a selected specialized hospital.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A total of 120 samples were collected through purposive sampling technique. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted under quantitative approach. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire through face to face interview. A written informed consent was obtained from the hospital authority and nurses. Data were analysed using SPSS version 20.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> In this study ninety percent of the respondents were female and about 43.3% of the respondents were in the age group 31-35 years. About 35.8% of the respondents had postgraduate qualification and the majority (63.3%) of the respondents had 4 years and above years of service experience. More than nine-tenths (95.8%) of the respondents mentioned that renal stone is one kind of urological disease and 75.8% of the respondents mentioned that calcium oxalate is responsible elements for formation of renal stone. About 63.3% of them mentioned pain or burning during urination as the symptoms of renal stone. 66.7% of the respondents mentioned that a patient with renal stone should be counseled on stone-specific dietary interventions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The findings reveal that most of the study participants had good level of knowledge regarding the renal stone. It was recommended that<strong> </strong>a special training on renal stone for nurses might be geared up to increase their level of knowledge.</p> ER -