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{"title":"Assessment of Nurses’ Performance for Patient with Spinal Cord Injury","authors":"Nahla Mohamed Afify, Tahany El sensousy, Mona Nader Ibraheem, Susan Mohamed Dessowky Abd Elghany, Ahmed Mohamed Kamal","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.357838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.357838","url":null,"abstract":"Background: A spinal cord injury (SCI) is the damage of the tight bundle cells and nerves that sends and receives signals from the brain to and from the rest of the body. This damage could result temporary or permanent changes in sensation, movement, strength, and body functions below the site of injury. Nursing assessment of spinal cord injury is an integral part of nursing care. Aim: This study aimed to assess nurse's performance for patient with spinal cord injury. Design: A descriptive explorative design was utilized for the conduction of this study. Setting the study was carried out in General intensive care unit at El demrdash Hospital. Ain shams university hospitals. The sample of the study. A convenient sample of thirty five nurses. Tools for Data collection . Tool (I) Self-administered Questionnaire : First part: it is concerned with the characteristics of nurses under study such as age, gender, educational level, years of experience. Second part: It was concerned with the assessment of nurses' level of knowledge regarding to care of patient with spinal cord injury. Tool (II) Nurses’ practice observational Checklist (Appendix II) . It is concerned with the assessment of the nurses’ practice regarding care of patient with spinal cord injury. Tool (Ⅲ) Nurse’s attitude Likert scale toward care of patient with spinal cord injury (Appendix Ⅲ). It is concerned with assessment of the nurse’s attitude toward caring of patient with spinal cord injury. Results: The main results revealed that: mean age of the studied nurses was 29.2 ±7.2 years, while 54.3% of the studied nurses were females and 60% of them were technical institute nursing graduates and reported that no availability of manual /booklet regarding care of patient with spinal cord injury. Also, (71.4%) of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and (82.9%) of them got unsatisfactory practices regarding care of patients with spinal cord injury respectively. While, (94.3%) of them had negative attitude toward caring of patient with spinal cord injury. Conclusion based on the findings of the current study, it can be concluded that majority of the nurses were got unsatisfactory knowledge, practice and negative attitude regarding care of patient with spinal cord injury. Recommendations: Develop and implement an educational program regarding care of patient with spinal cord injury based on the nurses' needs.","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"45 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141275954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilizing CT scan for Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Retrospective Descriptive Study in King Khalid Hospital, Najran Province","authors":"Naglahussien Mohamed Khalid, Jihan Ibrahim Babiker, Zahra TaleaGhalib Alkayyadi, Reem Mohammed Ahmed Alghamdi, Raghad Saeed Saran Alwadei, Aeshah Hassan Mohammed Refaey, Randa Yahya Mohammed Al-Zahrani","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.353609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.353609","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose: The objective of this study was to analyze the demographic characteristics, symptoms, indications, and CT scan findings of patients with acute abdominal pain. Methods: The study utilized a descriptive design and collected data from 50 patients. Information on demographic characteristics, symptoms, indications, abdominal quadrant pain, affected systems, CT scan protocols, contrast media use, primary CT scan diagnoses, and secondary CT scan diagnoses were recorded and analyzed. Result: The research examined a majority of male participants (66%) who were Saudi nationals (78%). In terms of age distribution, 34% of the participants were 30 years old or younger, 52% were between 30 and 60 years old, and 14% were 61 years old or older. The most commonly reported symptoms were stomachache and vomiting (40%), followed by distention (18%). Other symptoms included fatigue (14%), blood in urine (10%), fever (8%), diarrhea (6%), and constipation (4%). The most prevalent indication was upper abdominal pain (34%), followed by lower abdominal pain (24%). Additionally, cases of trauma due to road traffic accidents (14%), renal colic (12%), and trauma due to abdominal injury (8%) were reported. The left upper quadrant (LUQ) was the most frequently reported site of abdominal quadrant pain (40%), followed by the right lower quadrant (RLQ) (26%). The digestive system was the most commonly affected system (56%), followed by the urinary tract system (20%). The majority of CT scans focused on the abdomen and pelvis (86%), with only 14% solely focusing on the abdomen. 72% of the scans were performed without contrast media, while 28% involved its administration. Among the analyzed cases, 32% had normal CT scan results, while 68% were diagnosed with an abnormality. The most common secondary diagnoses from CT scans were digestive system problems (35%) and renal problems (20%). Less common secondary diagnoses included portal vein thrombosis (3%), lymphatic diseases (9%), liver diseases (12%), hernia (15%), bilobarpneumobilia (3%), and enlarged prostate (3%). Conclusion: this study provides valuable information on the demographic characteristics, symptoms, indications, and CT scan findings of patients with acute abdominal pain. This information can contribute to a better understanding of the condition and aid in its diagnosis and management.","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"46 46","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141232619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Family Conflict on The Behavior of Nursing School Students","authors":"Aya Ramadan Mohamed Shulkamy, Ferial Fouad Melika, Nadia Ibrahim Abd Elaty","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.351052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.351052","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Family conflicts, especially between the father and mother, affect the physical, social, mental health of school students, and this will negatively affect their behaviors, their future relationships, and also their academic progress at school or college. Aim: This study aimed at assessing the effect of family conflicts on the behavior of nursing school students. Study design: A descriptive design used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at 16 schools of secondary nursing school affiliated to Ministry of Health in Cairo governorate. Subjects: A simple random sample consisted of 252 nursing students. Study Tools : Two tools were used in the study1 st to assess demographic data, perception of student to family conflict, risk factors of family conflict. and youth self-report, and 2 nd to assess students’ health problems, and academic achievement. Results: The results proved more than half of the study sample of nursing school students have 16 years, less than quarter of them had high perception of family conflicts, while the main risk factors of family conflicts were poor communication between parents for less than quarter and financial distress for more than half Regarding students’ health problems, less than half of students suffered from trouble paying attention and concentrating, more than half of them feel tired and exhausted for no reason, and more than half had headache. Also, it presents that half and two third and less than half of students had very bad level of internalizing, and externalizing behavior, and social skills respectively. Conclusion: The study results concluded that there was a highly significant negative correlation between behavior and social problems of students and frequency of family conflict with P value ˂ 0.001, while insignificant correlation between students’ physical health problems and types of family conflicts for all items. Recommendation: Develop a counseling program for students about conflict resolution strategies and enable them to adapt more to family conflicts.","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141231972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceived Stressors, Coping Strategies, And Faculty Support Among Critical Care Accelerated Nursing Students","authors":"Amina Hemida Salem","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.353613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.353613","url":null,"abstract":"Background : There is an increased and continuous demand for nurses. The accelerated nursing program is a fast-track entry-level program and offers the quickest route to provide a baccalaureate degree in nursing for non-nursing graduates. Most of the enrolled students, particularly those who graduated from art and philosophical colleges, are beginners in complex and dense nursing curricula, e.g. critical care and emergency nursing courses. Those students experienced several stressors and challenges while trying to adapt or integrate into these complex nursing courses and these stressors contributed to students’ dissatisfaction and altered students well-being, academic achievement, and increased failure rates. Aim: Determine the stressors, coping strategies used for stress resolution, and faculty support as perceived by accelerated students who enrolled in the critical care courses. Design: the study includes 2 parts quantitative and qualitative. For the quantitative part, a descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed. In addition, for the qualitative part. a qualitative survey consisting of one open-ended question was used to get an in-depth understanding of the other stressors that were not captured in the questionnaire. Setting: the study was conducted in the critical care nursing department at the faculty of nursing, Alexandria University. Sample: A convenience sampling of all students enrolled in the critical care nursing courses (I & II) who agreed to participate in the study were recruited. Tools: a self-reported online package included three tools used to determine stressors, coping strategies, and faculty support namely: (1) Student Nurse Stress Index Scale (SNSI). (2) Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief-COPE) Scale, and (3) Perceived Faculty Support Scale (PFSS). In addition, The qualitative survey consists of one structured open-ended question that asks the students to mention other stressors or challenges that were not captured in the SNSI and/or to provide more elaboration regarding their stressors. Results showed that the “fear of failing a course” was perceived as the most stressful among all students. In addition, the highest coping strategy adopted was “religion-related strategies”, and the lowest adaptive coping strategy adopted by both groups was “humor”. Adaptive coping styles had a significant negative correlation with maladaptive coping styles as (r = -0.374, p < 0.001) and a significant positive correlation with the perceived faculty support scale as (r = 0.098, p = 0.027). Maladaptive coping styles were significantly negatively correlated with the perceived faculty support scale as (r = -0.244, p < 0.001). These correlations suggest that higher stress levels were associated with more maladaptive coping styles and less perceived faculty support, while more adaptive coping styles were associated with less maladaptive and more perceived faculty support. Furthermore, qualitative analysis of the","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"10 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141230492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Barriers to Green Practice regarding Waste Management among Operating Room Nurses","authors":"Elham Taha Hassan, Naglaa Elsayed Mahdy, Neamatallah Gomaa Ahmed","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.352337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.352337","url":null,"abstract":"waste reduction is another way in which nurses can “green” the operating room in addition to proper segregation. Because many nurses may support environmental practices on a personal level, nurses can add valuable information and recommendations to reduce, reuse, and recycle municipal solid waste . The aim of this study was to assess the barriers to the green practice regarding waste management among operating room Nurses. Research design: A descriptive exploratory study was done. Setting: This study was conducted at general operating rooms in El-Demrdash Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. Sample: A convenient sample of 45 nurses who accepted to participate in the study. First tool; Nurse’s self - administrated questionnaire was used which included two parts: (1) demographic characteristics of studied nurses. (2) Nurse’s knowledge about green practice regarding waste management. Second tool: Waste reduction and prevention checklist. Third tool: Barriers of green practice regarding waste management questionnaire. Results: Studied nurses had unsatisfactory total knowledge and practice about medical waste management and green practices in operating rooms. Closer to half of studied nurses reported human barriers as one of the barriers facing the application of green practice regarding waste management in the operating room. There was no statistically significant relation between the studied nurse’s knowledge and training and years of experience. And there was no statistically significant relation between the studied nurse’s practice and educational level, training and years of experience. Conclusion : The result of current study concluded that all of studied nurses had lack of knowledge and practice regarding green practice in operating room so human resources came at the first as a barrier followed by infrastructure so the study recommended the importance of implementation educational program for nurses regarding green practice in operating rooms.","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"4 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141230209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Entrepreneurship Training Program for Nursing Students on Their Entrepreneurial Intention and Motivation","authors":"Nahed Hamed Ramadan Elgendy, Neamat Mohamed El-sayed, Nevine Hassan Abd- El-Aal, Wafaa Hassan Mostafa","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.350730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.350730","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Entrepreneurship is the heart of creativity towards positive change, and it is one of the important sources of economic development and job growth in a country. Growth rate of entrepreneurship varies from country to country and even from time to time in the same country . Aim: Determine the effect of entrepreneurship training program for nursing students, on their entrepreneurial intention and motivation. Design: Quasi-experimental, research design used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Subjects: A simple random sample was used in this study and included a sample of 4th year male and female nursing students for the academic year 2021-2022 (n=122) who was available and agree to participate in this study Tools: four tools were used for data collection in this study. Tool one: Entrepreneurship Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire. Tool two: Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire. Tool three: Entrepreneurial Motivation Questionnaire. Tool four: Training Program Evaluation Questionnaire. Results: There was a highly positive statistically significant correlation between nursing student’s entrepreneurship knowledge and both of entrepreneurial intention and motivation where, p =0.001. and There was positive significant correlation between nursing students’ entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial motivation. Conclusion: there was a positive statistical significance correlation between nursing students entrepreneurship knowledge and entrepreneurial intention and motivation and most of 4th year nursing students had a satisfactory knowledge about entrepreneurship during immediately post and follow up (after 1 month) program phase compared with pre-program phase and more than half of studied nursing students had low level regarding overall entrepreneurial intention at preprogram phase, but it is improved to be high level at immediately post program and follow up, near half of studied nursing students had moderate level regarding overall entrepreneurial motivation at preprogram phase, but it is improved to be high level at immediately post program and follow up. Recommendations: Adding a course about entrepreneurship and courses that serve entrepreneurship to educational programs from undergraduate to doctoral program at different faculties of nursing as financial management courses, marketing courses and business planning courses which will help entrepreneurs in business development .","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"10 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141233993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emotional intelligence and its relation to critical thinking skills and self-esteem of Nurse Students","authors":"Neama Elnouby Ali Ahmed, Samia Mohamed Abdallah Adam, Rabab Mahmud Hassan Mohamed","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.358080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.358080","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Emotional intelligence is an important aspect at work and life that can leads people to effectively think and act toward any situations they face which affect their self - esteem. Aim: assess the relationship between emotional intelligence and critical thinking skills and self-esteem of nurse student. Design: A descriptive, correlational design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Abbassia institute of nursing for girls. Subject: all third year nurse students. Their total number is sixty. Tools of data collection: emotional intelligence questionnaire, critical thinking questionnaire and self-esteem scale. Results: majority of nurse students had low level of emotional intelligence, more than one quarter (26.7%) of nurse students had moderate critical thinking skills , and majority of nurse students had low self-esteem level (95 %) .Conclusion: there was highly statistically significant correlation between emotional intelligence of nurse students, critical thinking skills and self-esteem. Recommendations : Integrate emotional intelligence courses into the nursing curriculum to increase nurse students development, and enhance education by critical thinking approach.","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"40 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141280447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nursing Practice Environment and Resilience: The Relation to Intention to Leave among Staff Nurses","authors":"Gehad Rabee Gomaa Abady, Samah Faisal Fakhry, Azza Alazab Mohamed","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.351214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.351214","url":null,"abstract":"Background: practice environment in nursing is very crucial as nurses’ resilience, they contributes in increasing nursing work satisfaction, work engagement and participate in decreasing intention to leave. Aim of the Study: was to assess nursing practice environment, resilience and its relation to intention to leave among staff nurses. Research design: Analytical cross sectional design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at beni-suef university hospital. Subjects: A sample of 220 staff nurses. Tools: Data were collected by using: Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI), Resilience Scale (RS-14) and anticipated turnover survey (ATS) Results: Near to two thirds of staff nurses were reported positive practice environment, about two thirds of staff nurses reported high resilience level, more than two third of staff nurses had low intention to leave. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between nursing practice environment and intention to leave among staff nurses. Conclusion and Recommendation: Raising awareness of hospitals management regarding positive working environment and how it’s very crucial for nurses satisfaction, burnout and intention to leave, Design programs for nurses to effectively maintain their resilience level, Conduct further researches on factors affecting staff nurses practice environment, resilience on current study setting.","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"50 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141231530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Training on Nurses' Performance, Self-Confidence, and Satisfaction Regarding Blood Transfusion","authors":"Amira tag mohamed mohamed aboelnasr, Mona Mohamed Elsayed, Hanan Ali Ibrahim Almanzlawi","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.353615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.353615","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Blood transfusion is the direct administration of whole blood and/ or blood components Additionally, blood transfusions can pose a serious risk to life if safety precautions are ignored. Nurses play a dynamic role in the administration of blood transfusions, with correct and safe usage of blood and its components the probability of incidence of blood transfusion risks will be reduced to a minimum rate . This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of simulation-based training on nurses' performance, self-confidence, and satisfaction regarding blood transfusion. Research design: A quasi-experimental design (one group pre/ post-test design) was used. Setting: The study was carried out in the hematology unit, at Mansoura University Hospital . Subjects: All fifty available nurses who provide patients with direct clinical care in the previously selected settings have agreed to take part in the study . Three Tools were used for data collection: Tool I: A Structured Interviewing Questionnaire: Included nurses' socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge about blood transfusion that consisted of five parts: Part 1. Nursing activities before initiation of blood transfusion, Part 2. Nursing activities for initiation of blood transfusion, Part 3. Nursing activities during and after blood transfusion, Part 4. Adverse reactions of blood transfusion, and Part 5. Nursing management for blood transfusion adverse reactions, Tool II: Blood transfusion Observational Checklist and Tool III: Satisfaction and self-confidence in learning scale Results : There was a highly statistically significant difference between the studied nurses' knowledge, practice, self-confidence, and satisfaction. The study result revealed that three-fifths of studied nurses had a poor level of knowledge, and more than half of them had an unsatisfactory level of practice about blood transfusion before the implementation of the simulation-based training. The vast majority of the studied nurses had a good level of knowledge and most of them had a satisfactory level of practice after implementing simulation-based training . There was a highly statistically significant difference and improvement in nurses' performance after simulation-based training than pre-training. Conclusion : The present study concluded that simulation-based training had a positive effect on improving nurses' performance, self-confidence, and satisfaction regarding blood transfusion. Recommendations : The study recommended that simulation-based training should be integrated as an effective method in nurses' education about blood transfusion.","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141233174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Nursing Intervention Program on Psychosocial Problems among Family Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder","authors":"Shimaa Saied Adam, Hanaa Sayed Ewise, Mona Mohamed Barakat, Fathyea Abdallah Ahmed Shams Eldin","doi":"10.21608/ejhc.2024.350723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2024.350723","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Managing a child with autism is a difficult task that must be done daily. It has a huge impact on the child's well-being, the mental state of the parent, and their capacity to provide for their children. Recognizing the difficulties that parents face will open new avenues for research and the development of interventions. Aim: Evaluate the effect of nursing intervention program on psychosocial problems among family caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Design: A quasi experimental design for one group (pre/post-test) was used. Setting: This study was carried out at the outpatient clinic of El Abbassia Psychiatric and Mental Health Hospital. Sampling: The study involved 75 family caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Data Collection Tools: Four tools were used: Tool (I) Structured Interview questionnaire, Tool (II) Parenting Stress Index, Tool (III) Zarit Burden interviewing questionnaire for family caregivers, and Tool ( IV ) Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue-Community Stigma Scale. Results: This study shows that highly statistically significant differences were found between pre/post-program implementation in total levels of parenting stress, burden, and community stigma. In addition, there was a highly statistically significant correlation between total scores of parent stress, burden, and community stigma during the pre/post-program implementation phase (P≤ 0.001). Conclusion: Nursing intervention program has a significant positive effect on reduce psychosocial problems among family caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Recommendations: Generate and manage nursing care plans for caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder should focus on their child's psychiatric mental health aspect and provide caregivers with sufficient social support","PeriodicalId":505881,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Health Care","volume":"30 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141234793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}