Nurses Education Using Virtual Social Network

August 31, 2021 updated by: mohamed elsayed hamed elzeky, Mansoura University

Effect of an Educational Program Using Virtual Social Network on Nurses' Knowledge and Skill of Blood Pressure Measurement

Regardless of the method used to measure BP, initial and ongoing training of technicians and healthcare providers and the use of validated and calibrated devices are critical for obtaining accurate BP measurements.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Shortage of human resources and the importance of remaining up-to-date to provide healthcare services highlighted the development of distance education for nurses. In addition information presented via the distance learning method via software systems was more stable than the face-to-face method via lecture, and it saved time and energy. Nurses are responsible for BP monitoring and assessment in the clinical setting. Finding new strategies for distance education is of great concern and ,compared with traditional face-to-face interventions, those carried out through social networks have the advantage that the participant does not need to attend the sessions in person, and offers unlimited access to the intervention materials whenever they wish.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

70

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Mansoura, Egypt
        • Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Only permanent staff nurses working in the two cardiac units.
  • Nurses of both sexes .
  • Nurses who use a smart phone or any other digital device with the ability to install the social network of whatsapp.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inaccessibility to wireless net work
  • Unwillingness to participate in study
  • Failure to fill pretest questionnaire

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: study group
A social group will be created on whatsapp for subjects of the intervention group and they will receive education about blood pressure measurement guidelines in 24 sessions, once per day in the form of text, image and video clips. In addition to British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS) blood pressure measurement auscultatory tutorials.
Other: blood pressure measurement whatsapp educational program
educational
No Intervention: control group
The control group will not receive any intervention only their routine education that is provided by the continuous staff development team of the hospital.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
change in blood pressure measurement skill score
Time Frame: will be measured at baseline and at the end of study (after 1 month)
). It consists of nine parts. Part one focuses on participants' ability to correctly identify the Korotkoff soundsParts two to nine will focus on measurement steps and a scoring system will be applied by adding 1 point to each correct practice, and 0 point to each wrong practice
will be measured at baseline and at the end of study (after 1 month)
change in Blood Pressure Measurement Knowledge score
Time Frame: will be measured at baseline and at the end of the study (after 1 month)
It consists of five sections. Section one focuses on demographic information , Section two to five focus on questions related to background knowledge, measurement technique, cuff size and arm position of the patient, palpation to identify systolic pressure. A scoring system will be applied by adding 1 point to each correct answer, and 0 point to each wrong answer.
will be measured at baseline and at the end of the study (after 1 month)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mansoura University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 15, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 15, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

June 15, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 4, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

March 9, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 1, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2021

Last Verified

August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • mansoura U

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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