BACKGROUND With the rapid aging process, an increasing number of individuals will be living with dementia worldwide. A good mastery of knowledge about Alzheimer's Disease (AD) by medical staff has been reported to improve the outcome of patients with AD, making it necessary to assess the level of AD knowledge among nursing staff and address their knowledge deficits in order to upgrade the quality of care and improve quality of life for AD patients. OBJECTIVE To assess the level of AD knowledge among nursing staff in Suzhou, using the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS), and analyze its influencing factors. METHODS Nursing staff working in healthcare institutes such as hospitals, community centers, nursing homes, etc. in all the six districts of Suzhou City were selected by convenience sampling. A selfdesigned questionnaire was used to collect general information of the participants, including gender, age, education, professional title, workplace, AD-related training, contact with AD patients, experience in caring for AD patients, etc., and the ADKS scale was used to assess their level of AD knowledge. RESULTS A total of 1102 in-service nursing staff in Suzhou were included in the study. Univariate analysis showed that age, education, professional titles, bias towards AD patients, AD-related training, contact with AD patients, experience in caring for AD patients were the influencing factors of the total ADKS score; multivariate analysis indicated that age, bias towards AD patients, and contact with AD patients are independent influencing factors of the level of AD knowledge among nursing staff in Suzhou. CONCLUSION Mastery of AD knowledge among the nursing staff in Suzhou is not satisfactory. It is urgent to change the nursing staff's negative attitude towards AD and put into effect AD-related health education and training courses so that nursing staff can upgrade their level of AD knowledge and provide better care in order to improve the quality of life for AD patients.

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苏州市护理人员对阿尔茨海默氏病的知识水平及其影响因素。

背景技术随着快速的衰老过程，全世界越来越多的人将患有痴呆症。据报道，医务人员对阿尔茨海默氏病（AD）的知识掌握得很好，可以改善AD患者的预后，因此有必要评估护理人员中的AD知识水平并解决他们的知识不足以提高质量并改善AD患者的生活质量。目的利用阿尔茨海默氏病知识量表（ADKS）评估苏州市护理人员的AD知识水平，并分析其影响因素。方法采用方便抽样方法，选取苏州市六区全部卫生院，医院，社区中心，疗养院等医疗机构的护理人员。使用自行设计的问卷收集参与者的一般信息，包括性别，年龄，学历，职称，工作场所，与AD相关的培训，与AD患者的接触，对AD患者的护理经验等，ADKS量表为用来评估他们的广告知识水平。结果苏州市共有1102名在职护理人员。单因素分析表明，年龄，教育程度，职称，对AD患者的偏见，与AD相关的培训，与AD患者的接触，对AD患者的护理经验是影响ADKS总评分的因素；多因素分析表明，年龄，对AD患者的偏见以及与AD患者的接触是苏州市护理人员中AD知识水平的独立影响因素。结论苏州市护理人员对AD知识的掌握程度不理想。迫切需要改变护理人员对AD的消极态度，并实施与AD相关的健康教育和培训课程，以使护理人员能够提高其AD知识水平并提供更好的护理，从而改善AD患者的生活质量。 。