Research Article
Nurses’ Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers in Care of Patients with Pressure Ulcers in a Ugandan Teaching Hospital
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of study participants.
| Demographic characteristics | Category | % |
| Sex | Female | 91.1 | Male | 8.1 |
| Age in years | 21–30 | 44 | 31–40 | 35.7 | 41–50 | 10.7 | 51–60 | 8.9 |
| Level of qualification | Diploma | 83.9 | Degree | 16.1 |
| Years of practice | 1–3 | 33.9 | 4–6 | 17.8 | >6 | 39.2 |
| Ward of practice | Neuro | 3.6 | Medical | 48.2 | Orthopaedic | 5.4 | Spinal | 14.3 | Surgical | 28.6 |
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