Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, PMB, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Department of Nursing Science, School of Health Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
BMC Neurol. 2024 Oct 14;24(1):390. doi: 10.1186/s12883-024-03908-5.
The absence of guidelines for the nursing management of individuals living with epilepsy, who are students in Ghana, has resulted in the high dropout rates of such students. It is our hope, that in the near future, these individuals living with epilepsy will receive the needed attention, experience less stigmatization and discrimination. This, we expect, will result in better retention of such students in schools, improved academic performance and successful graduation. To achieve this, there is the need to develop appropriate guidelines and implement same for their benefit. In line with this, the study aims to develop guidelines for nurses to manage individuals living with epilepsy in Ghanaian schools.
Qualitative approach will be adopted to conduct this study in two phases. In the first phase, a case study design will be deployed in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region of Ghana. The case is the nursing management of individuals living with epilepsy within the school context, and the sources of information will be the general nurses, psychiatric, or community psychiatric nurses working at the schools. Within the context of the case, parents or guardians of individuals living with epilepsy in the schools as well as their teachers will be included in the study. Data will be collected through individual interviews for nurses and parents while focus group discussions will be used for the teachers. Thematic analysis will be used to analyze the data. In the second phase, guidelines will be developed using the modified e-Delphi Technique. The study will be piloted in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. Ethics approval for this study has been obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Additionally, Administrative approvals have been obtained from the Ghana Education Service.
The guidelines developed will form the basis for nursing management of individuals living with epilepsy in Ghanaian schools. This will help to improve educational outcomes for the individuals living with epilepsy.
加纳的癫痫患者学生因缺乏护理管理指南，导致此类学生辍学率居高不下。我们希望，在不久的将来，这些癫痫患者将得到他们所需要的关注，减少他们遭受的污名化和歧视。我们希望这将导致这些学生在学校的更好保留，提高他们的学业成绩并成功毕业。为了实现这一目标，需要制定适当的指南并实施这些指南。有鉴于此，本研究旨在为加纳学校的护士制定管理癫痫患者的指南。
本研究将采用定性方法分两个阶段进行。在第一阶段，将在加纳中部地区特威福-阿蒂-莫尔夸区采用病例研究设计。该病例是学校环境中癫痫患者的护理管理，信息来源将是在学校工作的普通护士、精神科护士或社区精神科护士。在病例背景下，将包括学校中癫痫患者的父母或监护人以及他们的老师。将通过对护士和家长进行个别访谈收集数据，而对教师将使用焦点小组讨论。将使用主题分析来分析数据。在第二阶段，将使用改进的电子德尔菲技术制定指南。该研究将在加纳中部地区的科门达-埃吉纳-埃古阿弗-阿布雷姆市进行试点。这项研究已获得南非比勒陀利亚大学伦理审查委员会的伦理批准。此外，还获得了加纳教育局的行政批准。
制定的指南将成为加纳学校癫痫患者护理管理的基础。这将有助于改善癫痫患者的教育成果。
