Background: Older people now constitute more than 60% of the world's population. The elderly population suffers from chronic diseases and multimorbidity and is treated with an increasing number of drugs that result in Polypharmacy. Polypharmacy was defined as per a systematic review conducted in 2017 as the concurrent use of five or more different prescription medications. Aim: This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge regarding Polypharmacy among older patients and assess the alternative practices used by old-age patients to control Polypharmacy. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. Subjects & Setting:The sample size was 114 elderly patients selected from outpatient clinics monthly. Tools: (1) Questionnaire to assess geriatric patient's Polypharmacy's knowledge, (2) Checklist to assess poly pharmacy's alternative practices. Results: two-thirds of the study sample (66.7%) took medication based on their previous experience. More than half of the study sample (57%) depended on the pharmacist's prescription, and about half of the sample referred to friends 'advice.In comparison, nearly half of the study sample (44.7%) took medication based on the experience of a family member (32.5 %) were aware of the meaning of Polypharmacy. In comparison (23.7%) were aware of the Polypharmacy contributing factors. Conclusion: The study concluded that; the prevalence of Polypharmacy and its consequences among the elderly are significantly related to the level of education. Recommendations: designing an educational program for the elderly, aiming to increase their awareness and knowledge and maintain a healthy lifestyle; Activating the role of health educators during inpatient discharge and within outpatient services to promote the use of non-drug methods.
Background: There is now a rapid shift in the education process from teacher centered learning to student centered learning to achieve the intended learning outcome. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of applying problem-based learning strategy versus traditional learning strategy (control group) on improving the nursing students' achievement. Subjects and Method: Design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Subjects and setting: All the 112 students at 4 th levels, who studied the course of nursing administration at Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University and were assigned to problem-based learning and control group. Data collection methods: 3 structured questionnaires were used; Socio-demographic characteristics, critical thinking skills test, clinical learning environment structured questionnaire. Course outcomes measurement report was used to assess the students' academic achievement Results: the mean score of critical thinking and clinical area satisfaction among problem-based learning group are significantly higher than the control group (p= 0.0001 and 0.001) respectively. The mean percentage of achieving the course learning out comes (skills and values) at problem-based learning group are significantly higher than the control group (p <0.05). Conclusion: The study results concluded that the problem-based learning approach had significant impact on improving the critical thinking skills, clinical area satisfaction, and academic achievements among the studied nursing students. It is recommended to integrate problem-based with traditional learning to improve students' academic achievements.
Background: Vaccine hesitancy recognized as a major challenge to the effectiveness of public health strategy aimed at eradicating infectious disease. The current study aimed to assess the effect of the nursing educational intervention to control COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among school team members. Design: Quasi experimental design was used (prepost educational intervention). Subjects and method: Setting: The study was implemented in Beni-suef city and Benha city, Egypt. Subjects: Simple random sample was used to select one school from each city then all participants were included according to the inclusion criteria. Sample size was 50 participants. Tools of data collection: two tools were used; Tool (1) was an interviewing questionnaire composed of two parts; the first part was personal data questionnaire to assess personal data of the participants, part two was knowledge questionnaire to assess their knowledge regarding COVID-19 vaccine and included 9 items. Tool (2) Scale composed of two parts: the first part was attitude scale to assess the attitude of participants towards the vaccine. The second part was willing scale to assess the willing of participants to take the vaccine. Results: The results indicated that; there were significant improvements regarding total level of knowledge and attitude of studied sample post the educational intervention and the average of their willing toward the COVID-19 vaccination improved significantly from 6.4±1.1 to 8.9±.8 post the intervention. Conclusion: the willing to take the vaccine of the studied sample improved post the educational intervention.Recommendations: further studies needed to increase people awareness regarding COVID-19 vaccination to build and maintain public trust in COVID-19 vaccines.
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