Hassan First University of Settat, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Laboratory of Sciences and Health Technologies, Settat 26000, Morocco.
Hassan First University of Settat, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Laboratory of Sciences and Health Technologies, Settat 26000, Morocco.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2024 Mar;76:103934. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2024.103934. Epub 2024 Feb 28.
This study aimed to evaluate nursing students' potential misconceptions about traumatic brain injuries and the relationship between these misconceptions and students' sociodemographic characteristics.
Although traumatic brain injuries have severe consequences, misconceptions about traumatic brain injury are widespread among healthcare professionals. Studying misconceptions about traumatic brain injury among nursing students can help enhance nursing curricula for better traumatic brain injury care and rehabilitation.
This is a cross-sectional observational study reported according to the STROBE guideline.
We conducted a survey among nursing students in Morocco using a questionnaire "Common Misconceptions about Traumatic Brain Injury". A total of 550 nursing students from multiple nursing institutes in different cities in Morocco participated in the study. We calculated the average percentage of misconceptions for 7 different questionnaire domains. To study the relationship between misconceptions and sociodemographic factors, we used a t-test for independent samples and ANOVA, considering the total score for each participant.
Out of the 550 nursing students who participated in the study, most were female and the 20-21 years old category represented two-thirds of our sample. The domain related to "Amnesia" had the highest rate of misconceptions, followed by "Recovery", while the "brain damage" domain had the lowest rate of misconceptions. The overall mean score of misconceptions was higher than the value defined in our study as a reference cut-off. Interestingly, there were significant differences in the total score of misconceptions based on variables such as age, state of origin, city of the Institute and year of study.
Misconceptions about traumatic brain injuries were prevalent among nursing students, which could have a negative impact on patient assessment, treatment and education. The findings indicate the need to improve the level of knowledge related to traumatic brain injury among nursing students and to strengthen the nursing curriculum in Morocco.
本研究旨在评估护理学生对创伤性脑损伤的潜在误解，以及这些误解与学生社会人口统计学特征之间的关系。
尽管创伤性脑损伤后果严重，但医护人员对创伤性脑损伤存在广泛的误解。研究护理学生对创伤性脑损伤的误解可以帮助加强护理课程，以提供更好的创伤性脑损伤护理和康复。
这是一项横断面观察性研究，根据 STROBE 指南进行报告。
我们在摩洛哥的护理学生中使用了一份名为“创伤性脑损伤常见误解”的问卷进行了调查。摩洛哥多个城市的多家护理机构共有 550 名护理学生参与了这项研究。我们计算了 7 个不同问卷领域的误解平均百分比。为了研究误解与社会人口学因素之间的关系，我们使用了独立样本的 t 检验和方差分析，考虑了每个参与者的总分。
在参与研究的 550 名护理学生中，大多数是女性，20-21 岁的年龄段占我们样本的三分之二。“遗忘症”相关领域的误解率最高，其次是“恢复”，而“脑损伤”领域的误解率最低。误解的总体平均得分高于我们研究中定义的参考截止值。有趣的是，根据年龄、原籍地、研究所所在城市和学习年份等变量，误解的总分存在显著差异。
护理学生对创伤性脑损伤存在误解，这可能对患者的评估、治疗和教育产生负面影响。研究结果表明，有必要提高摩洛哥护理学生对创伤性脑损伤相关知识的水平，并加强摩洛哥的护理课程。
