Evaluating the impact of a multimedia training versus lecture training on attitudes and practices in paediatric nurses in children pain management: A randomized controlled trial.

AIM

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a multimedia training on pain management attitudes and practices of paediatric nurses.

DESIGN

A single-blind randomized trial.

METHODS

Paediatric nurses ( = 120) from a public hospital randomly allocated into two groups, lecturing and multimedia training groups. Nurses in the control group received four one-hour training sessions. In the intervention group, the same educational content was used as a film with text, audio and animation and presented as a multimedia CD. In both groups, using a questionnaire, we measured pain management attitudes and skills at baseline and then 1 week and 1 month after the training over. Data were analysed in SPSS20 software, and  < .05 was considered statistically significant.

RESULTS

The mean of attitude scores of the lecturing group was 104.74 one week after the study and 109.40 one month later versus 74.72. The above-mentioned scores in the multimedia group were 112.72 and 115.04, respectively, versus 78.70 ( < .001). Also, the mean scores of nurses' performance in the lecturing group before, 1 week and 1 month after the study were 12.48, 26.60 and 28.22, respectively, versus 12.58, 28.68 and 28.98, in multimedia group; this difference was statistically significant ( < .05).