Background: Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-multisystem, inflammatory disease that affects the skin and joints and there is a necessity for monitoring and educating patients about benefits as well as risks that may be correlated. Aim: Evaluate the effect of individualized guidance on knowledge and self-care practices of psoriasis patients. Subjects and methods:Design: A quasiexperimental design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at the Dermatology outpatient clinic at El-Mansoura University Hospitals. Sample: Purposive sample of 100 adult patients diagnosed with psoriasis from both sexes and they equally divided into study & control groups, (50) patients for each one. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection; the first tool was a structured interviewing questionnaire, and the second tool was the psoriasis disability index. Results: Mean age of the studied psoriasis patients in the study and control group were 44±8.6 and 42± 7.9 respectively. There was a highly statistically significant difference between the study and the control group in all items of psoriasis knowledge (p-value > 0.001). As well there were highly statistically significant differences between both groups post individualized guidance implementation regarding reported skincare and psoriasis affected areas in all items with (p-value > 0.001). There was a significant difference between the study and control group in the total level of disability post individualized guidance (P > 0.001). Conclusion: Implementation of individualized guidance had a positive effect on patients' knowledge and overall reported self-care practices including skincare and self-esteem with a decrease of the level of psoriasis disability, additionally a positive correlation between total scores of knowledge and total scores of reported practices were found. Recommendations: Individualized guidance should be recommended as a nursing intervention protocol during the care of every patient with psoriasis.
Palliative care is currently crucial in nursing care, thus, continuing education in palliative care for practicing nurses is necessary for improving care with a life-limiting illness such as gynecologic cancer. Aim of the study was to investigate the effect of palliative care training package on nurses' performance regarding gynecologic cancer. Sample: A convenient sample of 43 nurses. Research Design: A quasi-experimental (pre-test and post-test) design. Setting: This study was conducted in the Gynecological Oncology Unit of the Maternity Hospital, the department of Gynecology, Outpatient Clinics of the Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Center at Ain Shams University. Tools of data collection: three tools were utilized including 1) a selfadministered questionnaire that encompassed two parts demographic characteristics and assessment of nurses' knowledge regarding gynecologic cancer palliative care. 2) Nurses' attitude towards gynecologic cancer palliative care. 3) observational checklist for nurses' practice. Results: More than three-quarters of studied nurses had poor knowledge, the majority had a negative attitude and unsatisfactory practice regarding gynecologic cancer palliative care before the training package. However, after one month of the training package, nearly the majority of nurses had good knowledge, a positive attitude, and. satisfactory practice. A statistically positive correlation between total knowledge, attitude, and practice scores regarding palliative care for gynecological cancer before and after training package (P ≤0.01). Conclusion: The training package had a favorable effect on nurses' performance regarding gynecologic cancer palliative care. Recommendation: Continuous in-service training on palliative care for nurses is essential to improve performance in the care of women with gynecological cancer.
Background: Play is critical for the healthy development of elementary school children. Play intervention assists children to reduce aggression tendencies while also build of social skills in a healthy manner. Aim: Assess the effect of play intervention on aggression behavior and social skills among elementary school children. Design: A Quasi-experimental research design was utilized to carry out the current study. Setting: The study was conducted at three governmental elementary schools at Ezbet Elwalda, which is affiliated to Helwan district Sample: A multi-stage random sample of 120 children was taken from three schools. Tools: Included (1) An interviewing questionnaire involved three parts; part I-Child demographic characteristics, part II-Plays data and history of the child, and part III: Aggressive behavior scale. (2) Social skills observational checklist. Results: The mean age ± SD of the children was 11.66±1.6, 51.7% of them were males and one-third of them were in the fifth grade. After the application of play intervention, there was a statistically significant difference in aggressive behavior among elementary school children at (p <0.001). Also, the result revealed that there was a statistical improvement in the mean score of social skills and all its sub-items among the studied sample at (p <0.001). Conclusions: Using play intervention was effective in decreasing aggressive behavior and improving social skills in all items among elementary school children. Recommendation: Continuous education programs should be applied in the school to raise the awareness of school children's parents and the teachers regarding the prevention of aggressive behaviors.
Background: The corona virus pandemic is causing large magnitude loss of life and severe human distress worldwide. It is the biggest public health emergency in living memory. Aim: The study aims to evaluate the effect of implementing online health-protective guidelines to qualify adult people to return after the pandemic curfew of Covid-19. Design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The data collected through an electronic questionnaire using google forms to design then using google drive link to distribute it through using social media. Subjects: A convenient sample includes available adult members within 6 months. Tools: An electronic selfadministered questionnaire was designed by the researchers, it included three parts: Part I. Adult member's socio-demographic characteristics. Part II. Knowledge involves study member's knowledge about Covid-19. Part III. Reported practices. Results: illuminates that there were noticeable changes of means ± SD in all tested items of knowledge before and after implementing online health-protective guidelines, with highly statistically significant differences were observed (P >0.000). Also, there was a radical satisfactory improvement among the majority of studied members' total score of reported practices as well there were highly statistically significant improvements were observed in the studied members' mean scores in most of all tested items of reported practice (P >0.000). There was a statistically significant strong relation between total scores of pre-and post-knowledge & reported practices of online health-protective guidelines with their sociodemographic characteristics (p > 0.001). Conclusion: Online health-protective guidelines achieved their aim as well as a significant improvement of the studied members' means scores of COVID-19 knowledge and protective reported practices after implementation of online healthprotective guidelines about pandemic COVID-19. Recommendations: Development of online health-protective guidelines targeting vulnerable population as pregnant, elderly people and schoolage students. As well delivering regular and accurate information updates on the COVID-19 healthy protective guidelines is needed.
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