Sankar Bindu Kunnumpurath, Marakkar Riaz Karoly, Varghese Shalu
Department of Child Health Nursing, Government College of Nursing, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Department of Mental Health Nursing, Government College of Nursing, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2022 Jan 25;27(1):67-70. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_279_20. eCollection 2022 Jan-Feb.
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a preventable cause of childhood blindness. India accounts for nearly 10% of the worldwide estimate of blindness and visual impairment due to ROP. Nurses are pillars of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and play a critical role in the prevention and management of ROP. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of developmentally supportive education program on knowledge regarding prevention and management of ROP among nurses working in NICU.
A hospital based pre-experimental, one group pre-test-post-test study was carried out among 32 staff nurses working in the NICU of a tertiary care center during January to February 2019. Knowledge regarding the prevention and management of ROP was assessed before and after the implementation of developmentally supportive education program using a structured knowledge questionnaire.
Pre-test knowledge score was mean (Standard Deviation [SD]) 9.00 (3.68) and after the educational program post-test knowledge score was found to be mean (SD) 14.53 (2.39). Paired -test was used to evaluate the effect of developmentally supportive education program and was found to be statistically significant (t= 10.09, < 0.001).
Developmentally supportive educational program can be used as an effective intervention for improving the knowledge regarding ROP among nurses in NICU.
早产儿视网膜病变（ROP）是儿童失明的一个可预防原因。在全球因ROP导致的失明和视力损害估计中，印度占近10%。护士是新生儿重症监护病房（NICUs）的支柱，在ROP的预防和管理中发挥着关键作用。本研究的主要目的是评估发展支持性教育项目对在NICU工作的护士关于ROP预防和管理知识的影响。
2019年1月至2月期间，在一家三级护理中心的NICU工作的32名护士中进行了一项基于医院的实验前、单组前测-后测研究。在实施发展支持性教育项目之前和之后，使用结构化知识问卷评估关于ROP预防和管理的知识。
前测知识得分平均（标准差[SD]）为9.00（3.68），教育项目后的后测知识得分平均（SD）为14.53（2.39）。采用配对检验评估发展支持性教育项目的效果，发现具有统计学意义（t = 10.09，< 0.001）。
发展支持性教育项目可作为一种有效干预措施，用于提高NICU护士关于ROP的知识。
