Investigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxication

Background: Alcohol intoxication is among the leading and preventable causes of death, disability, and injury in numerous societies. Ethanol and methanol are the most commonly used types of alcohol. Increasing nurses’ awareness about the difference between intoxication with these two alcohol types w...

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Autores principales:	Azadeh Memarian, Romina Mostofizadeh, Kamran Aghakhani, Sahar Rismantab Sani, Leyla Abdolkarimi, Siamak Soltani
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Publicado:	Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2021
Materias:	alcohol intoxication emergency service hospitals methanol ethanol Medicine (General) R5-920 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.32598/ijmtfm.v11i3.33532 https://doaj.org/article/19bbd66dca944c7da642506ae7c8d642
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:19bbd66dca944c7da642506ae7c8d6422021-11-08T08:13:12ZInvestigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxicationhttps://doi.org/10.32598/ijmtfm.v11i3.335322251-87622251-8770https://doaj.org/article/19bbd66dca944c7da642506ae7c8d6422021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/ijmtfm/article/view/33532https://doaj.org/toc/2251-8762https://doaj.org/toc/2251-8770Background: Alcohol intoxication is among the leading and preventable causes of death, disability, and injury in numerous societies. Ethanol and methanol are the most commonly used types of alcohol. Increasing nurses’ awareness about the difference between intoxication with these two alcohol types will prevent the occurrence of dangerous and deadly complications of intoxication. We investigated the awareness of the nurses respecting the difference between acute methanol and ethanol intoxication in clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in 2020 on the emergency nurses from two educational hospitals. A total of 100 nurses participated in this study. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, including demographic characteristics and questions concerning the identification and differentiation of acute methanol from ethanol intoxication. Moreover, the obtained data were analyzed using SPSS v. 20 at the significance level of P<0.05. Results: The present research results suggested that 21% of the examined nurses had a low level of awareness (<7) and 79% had a moderate level of awareness (8-13). The mean score of awareness was measured as 8.71 (range: 2-12). Nurses’ awareness was not related to age, gender, the duration of working experience, and educational level (P>0.05). Conclusion: The awareness of nurses regarding alcohol poisoning is moderate. Due to the importance of differentiating ethanol from methanol toxicity, considering the outcomes of the patients, nurses’ awareness should be increased.Azadeh MemarianRomina MostofizadehKamran AghakhaniSahar Rismantab SaniLeyla AbdolkarimiSiamak SoltaniShaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciencesarticlealcohol intoxicationemergency servicehospitalsmethanolethanolMedicine (General)R5-920Toxicology. PoisonsRA1190-1270ENInternational Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 33532 (2021)
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topic	alcohol intoxication emergency service hospitals methanol ethanol Medicine (General) R5-920 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270
spellingShingle	alcohol intoxication emergency service hospitals methanol ethanol Medicine (General) R5-920 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Azadeh Memarian Romina Mostofizadeh Kamran Aghakhani Sahar Rismantab Sani Leyla Abdolkarimi Siamak Soltani Investigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxication
description	Background: Alcohol intoxication is among the leading and preventable causes of death, disability, and injury in numerous societies. Ethanol and methanol are the most commonly used types of alcohol. Increasing nurses’ awareness about the difference between intoxication with these two alcohol types will prevent the occurrence of dangerous and deadly complications of intoxication. We investigated the awareness of the nurses respecting the difference between acute methanol and ethanol intoxication in clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in 2020 on the emergency nurses from two educational hospitals. A total of 100 nurses participated in this study. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, including demographic characteristics and questions concerning the identification and differentiation of acute methanol from ethanol intoxication. Moreover, the obtained data were analyzed using SPSS v. 20 at the significance level of P<0.05. Results: The present research results suggested that 21% of the examined nurses had a low level of awareness (<7) and 79% had a moderate level of awareness (8-13). The mean score of awareness was measured as 8.71 (range: 2-12). Nurses’ awareness was not related to age, gender, the duration of working experience, and educational level (P>0.05). Conclusion: The awareness of nurses regarding alcohol poisoning is moderate. Due to the importance of differentiating ethanol from methanol toxicity, considering the outcomes of the patients, nurses’ awareness should be increased.
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author	Azadeh Memarian Romina Mostofizadeh Kamran Aghakhani Sahar Rismantab Sani Leyla Abdolkarimi Siamak Soltani
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title	Investigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxication
title_short	Investigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxication
title_full	Investigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxication
title_fullStr	Investigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxication
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxication
title_sort	investigating emergency nurses’ awareness on the differentiation between acute methanol and ethanol intoxication
publisher	Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	2021
url	https://doi.org/10.32598/ijmtfm.v11i3.33532 https://doaj.org/article/19bbd66dca944c7da642506ae7c8d642
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Investigating Emergency Nurses’ Awareness on the Differentiation Between Acute Methanol and Ethanol Intoxication

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