Background Despite the devastating consequences of Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), TBI misconceptions are common among healthcare professionals. As an essential member of multi-professional team providing TBI care, it is important that nurses have correct information and adequate skills to achieve the best possible outcomes for TBI. For example, some common misconceptions about TBIs are that a second blow to the head can improve memory functioning and wearing seatbelts can cause as many brain injuries as it prevents. In India, perhaps such misconceptions towards TBI among nursing professionals were not yet documented. As nursing students form the future health workforce, understanding TBI misconceptions among nursing students in resource-limited settings like India will provide useful information for strengthening the nursing curricula for improved care and rehabilitation of TBIs. Methods We used a cross-sectional survey to study the TBI misconceptions among nursing students in India. A Common Misconceptions about Traumatic Brain Injury (CM-TBI) questionnaire was administered to 154 nursing students from a nursing college of a tertiary care neuro-centre in India. The mean percentage of misconceptions were calculated for 7-domains of CM-TBI. T-test for independent samples and ANOVA were used to study the association of misconception with socio-demographic variables using total score for each respondent. Results Of the 143 nursing students who completed the survey, majority of them were female (97%) and in the 19-20 year age-group (95.1%). Domain on brain damage (81.1%) had highest rate, while amnesia domain (42.0%) had lowest rate of misconception. The overall mean-score was 22.73 (Standard Deviation: 4.69) which was significantly higher than the median score of 19.5. The study did not show significant differences on overall misconceptions about TBI for any of the socio-demographic characteristics. Conclusions Misconceptions about TBIs were common among nursing students and it was pervasive irrespective of age, gender, place of residence and year of education. A need to strengthen nursing curriculum in the area of TBIs has been emphasized for improved care and management of TBIs. The study findings also suggest the need for understanding such misconceptions among other healthcare professionals involved in TBI care.

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印度护理专业学生对创伤性脑损伤的误解：对护理和课程的影响。

背景 尽管创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 具有毁灭性后果，但 TBI 误解在医疗保健专业人员中很常见。作为提供 TBI 护理的多专业团队的重要成员，护士拥有正确的信息和足够的技能以实现 TBI 的最佳结果非常重要。例如，关于 TBI 的一些常见误解是，对头部的第二次打击可以改善记忆功能，而系上安全带会导致尽可能多的脑损伤。在印度，护理专业人员对 TBI 的这种误解可能尚未被记录在案。随着护理专业的学生形​​成未来的卫生队伍，了解印度等资源有限环境中护理学生对 TBI 的误解将为加强护理课程以改善 TBI 的护理和康复提供有用的信息。方法 我们使用横断面调查来研究印度护理专业学生对 TBI 的误解。对来自印度三级护理神经中心护理学院的 154 名护理学生进行了关于创伤性脑损伤 (CM-TBI) 调查问卷的常见误解。计算 CM-TBI 的 7 个域的平均误解百分比。独立样本的 T 检验和 ANOVA 用于使用每个受访者的总分来研究误解与社会人口变量的关联。结果 在完成调查的 143 名护生中，其中大多数是女性（97%）和 19-20 岁年龄组（95.1%）。脑损伤领域（81.1%）的误解率最高，而健忘症领域（42.0%）的误解率最低。总体平均得分为 22.73（标准差：4.69），明显高于中位数 19.5。该研究没有显示出对任何社会人口学特征对 TBI 的总体误解的显着差异。结论 护生对 TBI 的误解很普遍，并且无论年龄、性别、居住地和教育年限如何，都普遍存在。强调需要加强 TBI 领域的护理课程，以改善 TBI 的护理和管理。