Jose Anet, Govindan Radhakrishnan, Thangaraju Sivakumar Palanimuthu, Bhaskarapillai Binukumar
Department of Nursing, NIMHANS (INI), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (INI), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2023 Jun 30;12:188. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_97_23. eCollection 2023.
To develop and assess the effectiveness of the intervention package on knowledge and attitude regarding meeting the functional needs and improving the quality of life of elderly patients with psychiatric illness, among nursing interns.
The study was carried out among 60 nursing interns of a tertiary government mental health setting. After the pretest, the educational intervention package on functional needs and quality of life of elderly patients with psychiatric illness was administered to the study group in four sessions. Posttest data collection was performed using the same questionnaires after 2 weeks after the last session.
There was a statistically significant improvement in the knowledge and attitude of nursing students following the sessions of the intervention package. Pretest data showed that there is a positive correlation between the knowledge and attitude of study subjects. Overall knowledge has significantly improved after attending the intervention program (Z = 6.701, < 0.001). Moreover, the overall attitude level has significantly improved after attending the intervention program (Z = 6.741, < 0.001).
The educational intervention package on functional needs and quality of life of elderly patients with psychiatric illness was effective in improving the knowledge and attitude regarding functional needs and quality of life of elderly patients with psychiatric illness, among nursing interns. Similar packages may be incorporated into the nursing curriculum in training future nurses for their better practice in this area.
开发并评估干预方案对护理实习生关于满足老年精神疾病患者功能需求及改善其生活质量的知识和态度的有效性。
该研究在一家三级政府精神卫生机构的60名护理实习生中开展。在进行预测试后，针对老年精神疾病患者功能需求和生活质量的教育干预方案分四个阶段对研究组进行实施。在最后一个阶段结束两周后，使用相同问卷进行后测数据收集。
在实施干预方案各阶段后，护理专业学生的知识和态度有统计学意义上的显著改善。预测试数据显示，研究对象的知识和态度之间存在正相关。参加干预项目后，总体知识水平有显著提高（Z = 6.701，P < 0.001）。此外，参加干预项目后，总体态度水平也有显著提高（Z = 6.741，P < 0.001）。
针对老年精神疾病患者功能需求和生活质量的教育干预方案，对于提高护理实习生关于老年精神疾病患者功能需求和生活质量的知识和态度是有效的。在培训未来护士以便其在该领域更好地实践时，可将类似方案纳入护理课程。
