Jung A Yoo1, Jeong Yun Park2

1Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea 2Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea


Background: Post-liver transplantation diabetes mellitus (PLTDM) is common and occurs in approximately 5-7% of patients. There is a trend toward an increase in mortality with PLTDM. Therefore, it is important that nurses carefully monitor and treat for hyperglycemia. The purpose of this study is to examine nurses’ knowl- edge and attitude toward PLTDM, with a specific focus on nurses who care for liver transplant patients.
Methods: Data were collected from 104 nurses working at a tertiary hospital in Seoul from March 15, 2019 to March 31, 2019. Knowledge and attitude toward PLTDM was measured using PLTDM knowledge and attitude tool.
Results: The average age of the participants was 30.3 years, with 52.9% of the participants (n=55) having be- tween 1 to 3 years of clinical experience. Knowledge and attitude toward PLTDM scored 16.28±3.60 out of 25 and 115.62±7.57 out of 155, respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between PLTDM knowl- edge and attitude (r=0.21, P=0.027).
Conclusions: Study findings suggest a need for an educational program specialized in PLTDM specifically in re- gards to identifying risk factors as this demonstrated the lowest score in PLTDM knowledge. Further, when de- signing the educational program, a strategy is called for in order to encourage nurses to voluntarily participate in the program.
Korean J Health Promot 2020;20(1):16-23