TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of an educational programme on jordanian intensive care nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding delirium and their levels of self-efficacy
T2 - A Quasi-Experimental Design
AU - Alhalaiqa, Fadwa
AU - Masa'Deh, Rami
AU - Al Omari, Omar
AU - Shawashreh, Atef
AU - Khalifeh, Anas H
AU - Gray, Richard
N1 - Copyright: © 2023 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Delirium is a common problem among patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs); however, it remains underdiagnosed. We aimed to determine the impact of a nursing education program on Jordanian nurses' knowledge, practice, attitudes, self-efficacy, and ability to detect delirium among ICU patients.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a nonequivalent, quasi-experimental design from January 2019 to January 2020. A total of 175 nurses who work in an ICU were included at the baseline and divided into two groups: (1) intervention (86 nurses), who received education for 6 hours each day across two different days and (2) a control group (89 nurses), who maintained their usual routine of care. Data were collected by means of a booklet of questionnaires about the nurses' knowledge and practice, attitudes, and self-efficacy.RESULTS: Data from 160 nurses were included in the analysis. The education program intervention (n = 81) significantly increased nurses' knowledge and practice, positive attitudes, and self-efficacy compared with the control group (n = 79,
p < 0.001). In addition, nurses who received the educational intervention were able to detect more cases of delirium (28%, from a total of 51 patients) than the controls, who detected three (6.50%) out of a total of 31 patients (
p = 0.003).
CONCLUSIONS: The ICU nurses who received the delirium-focused educational program increased their knowledge and practice, positive attitudes, and their self-efficacy; in addition, their ability to detect delirium was increased. The implementation of such a program is recommended for the health policymakers and stakeholders.
AB - BACKGROUND: Delirium is a common problem among patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs); however, it remains underdiagnosed. We aimed to determine the impact of a nursing education program on Jordanian nurses' knowledge, practice, attitudes, self-efficacy, and ability to detect delirium among ICU patients.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a nonequivalent, quasi-experimental design from January 2019 to January 2020. A total of 175 nurses who work in an ICU were included at the baseline and divided into two groups: (1) intervention (86 nurses), who received education for 6 hours each day across two different days and (2) a control group (89 nurses), who maintained their usual routine of care. Data were collected by means of a booklet of questionnaires about the nurses' knowledge and practice, attitudes, and self-efficacy.RESULTS: Data from 160 nurses were included in the analysis. The education program intervention (n = 81) significantly increased nurses' knowledge and practice, positive attitudes, and self-efficacy compared with the control group (n = 79,
p < 0.001). In addition, nurses who received the educational intervention were able to detect more cases of delirium (28%, from a total of 51 patients) than the controls, who detected three (6.50%) out of a total of 31 patients (
p = 0.003).
CONCLUSIONS: The ICU nurses who received the delirium-focused educational program increased their knowledge and practice, positive attitudes, and their self-efficacy; in addition, their ability to detect delirium was increased. The implementation of such a program is recommended for the health policymakers and stakeholders.
KW - Attitude
KW - delirium
KW - education
KW - intensive care units
KW - knowledge
KW - self efficacy
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U2 - 10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_437_20
DO - 10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_437_20
M3 - Article
C2 - 37575493
AN - SCOPUS:85164338306
SN - 1735-9066
VL - 28
SP - 312
EP - 319
JO - Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
JF - Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
IS - 3
ER -