Nurses Education Using Virtual Social Network

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Continuing Nursing Education; Blood Pressure Determination; Education, Distance
• Interventions: Other: blood pressure measurement whatsapp educational program

• Registration Number: NCT04789642
• Lead Sponsor: Mansoura University

Brief Summary

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.

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.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-05
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-09
• Study Start: 2021-03-15
• Primary Completion: 2021-05-15
• Study Completion: 2021-06-15
• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

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.

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Exclusion Criteria

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

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
study group	blood pressure measurement whatsapp educational program	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in blood pressure measurement skill score	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
change in Blood Pressure Measurement Knowledge score	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University; 🇪🇬 Mansoura, Egypt