Seyedin Hesam, Goharinezhad Salime, Vatankhah Soodabeh, Azmal Mohammad
Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2015 Jun 8;29:220. eCollection 2015.
Patient education is widely recognized as a core component of nursing. Patient education can lead to quality outcomes including adherence, quality of life, patients' knowledge of their illness and self-management. This study aimed to clarify patient education process in teaching hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in Iran.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013. In this descriptive quantitative study, the sample covered 187 head nurses selected from ten teaching hospitals through convenience sampling. Data were collected with a questionnaire developed specifically for this study. The questionnaire measured patient education process in four dimensions: need assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating.
The overall mean score of patient education was 3.326±0.0524. Among the four dimensions of the patient education process, planning was in the highest level (3.570±0.0591) and the lowest score belonged to the evaluation of patient education (2.840 ±0.0628).
Clarifying patient education steps, developing standardized framework and providing easily understandable tool-kit of the patient education program will improve the ability of nurses in delivering effective patient education in general and specialized hospitals.
患者教育被广泛认为是护理工作的核心组成部分。患者教育能够带来包括依从性、生活质量、患者对自身疾病的了解以及自我管理等方面的优质结果。本研究旨在阐明伊朗德黑兰医科大学(TUMS)附属医院的患者教育过程。
这项横断面研究于2013年开展。在这项描述性定量研究中,样本涵盖通过便利抽样从十家教学医院选取的187名护士长。数据通过专门为本研究编制的问卷收集。该问卷从需求评估、计划、实施和评估四个维度衡量患者教育过程。
患者教育的总体平均得分为3.326±0.0524。在患者教育过程的四个维度中,计划维度得分最高(3.570±0.0591),而患者教育评估得分最低(2.840±0.0628)。
明确患者教育步骤、制定标准化框架并提供易于理解的患者教育计划工具包,将提高护士在综合医院和专科医院开展有效患者教育的能力。