Ibrahim Ateya Megahed, Zaghamir Donia Elsaid Fathi
Associate professor, Nursing College, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Family and Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.
Int J Palliat Nurs. 2025 Jun 2;31(6):266-276. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.2023.0062.
Assess the impact of an educational programme on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward the monkeypox pandemic and the necessity for palliative care.
A quasi-experimental study was conducted which involved 250 nursing students at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University. A standardised, anonymous and closed-ended questionnaire about monkeypox was completed by the participants. Furthermore, a questionnaire to assess nursing students' knowledge of and attitude towards palliative care was also completed.
Overall, the intervention group showed significantly higher scores than the control group in both knowledge of and attitudes towards monkeypox and palliative care. For monkeypox, the control group had a knowledge score of 45.43±6.29, while the intervention group scored 65.03±2.93. Attitude scores were 55.67±19 in the control group and 60.24±1.52 in the intervention group. For palliative care, the control group's knowledge score was 48.62±4.78, compared to 70.65±5.13 in the intervention group, and attitude scores were 34.12±25 versus 46.89±7.8, respectively.
Following implementation of the educational programme, there was an improvement in total knowledge and attitudes scores of the nursing students regarding the monkeypox pandemic and the palliative care required for patients.
评估一项教育计划对护理专业学生关于猴痘疫情的知识和态度以及姑息治疗必要性的影响。
进行了一项准实验研究，涉及沙特国王萨勒曼·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹大学的250名护理专业学生。参与者完成了一份关于猴痘的标准化、匿名且封闭式问卷。此外，还完成了一份评估护理专业学生对姑息治疗的知识和态度的问卷。
总体而言，干预组在猴痘和姑息治疗的知识及态度方面的得分均显著高于对照组。对于猴痘，对照组的知识得分为45.43±6.29，而干预组得分为65.03±2.93。对照组的态度得分为55.67±19，干预组为60.24±1.52。对于姑息治疗，对照组的知识得分为48.62±4.78，干预组为70.65±5.13，态度得分分别为34.12±25和46.89±7.8。
实施该教育计划后，护理专业学生关于猴痘疫情及患者所需姑息治疗的知识和态度总分有所提高。
