Web-based training for future healthcare professionals who will care for elderly individuals with epilepsy receiving home care: A quasi-experimental study.

OBJECTIVE: The need for home care for elderly people with epilepsy is increasing. This study aims to determine the knowledge and attitudes of the students and examine the effect of the web-based epilepsy education program given to health students who will care for elderly individuals with epilepsy receiving home care. METHODS: This quasi-experimental study with a control group pre-post-test research design was conducted with 112 students (intervention: 32/control: 80) studying in the Department of Health Care Services (home care, elderly care) in Turkey. The sociodemographic information form, Epilepsy Knowledge Scale, and Epilepsy Attitude Scale were used for data collection. Web-based training in three two-hour sessions focusing on the medical and social aspects of epilepsy was applied to the intervention group in this study. RESULTS: It was found that the epilepsy knowledge scale score of the intervention group increased from 5.56 (±4.96) to 13.15 (±2.56), and the epilepsy attitude scale score increased from 54.12 (±9.73) to 62.31 (±7.07) after the training. After the training; there was a significant difference in all items except the 5th item in the knowledge scale and the 14th item in the attitude scale (p < 0.05). SIGNIFICANCE: In the study; it has been found that the web-based epilepsy education program provided increases students' knowledge and develops positive attitudes. This study will provide evidence for strategies to be developed to improve the quality of care for elderly patients with epilepsy who are cared for at home.

The effect of COVID-19 patient care and emergency response interprofessional training on COVID-19 knowledge, perception, behavior and readiness for care.

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for Interprofessional Education (IPE) and collaborative practices have gained even more importance. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of IPE on COVID-19 on students' knowledge, perceptions, behaviors and readiness for care regarding COVID-19. METHODS: The study followed a single-group pre-/post-test semi-experimental research design. The sample consisted of 435 students studying Elderly Care/Home Patient Care/First and Emergency Aid programs. The students' perception of interdisciplinary education was evaluated at the beginning of the study. RESULTS: The students were given an online COVID-19 Patient Care and Emergency Response IPE that lasted five hours and was split into two parts. The perception of interdisciplinary education was significantly higher among female students and first and emergency students before receiving IPE. Before and after IPE, the knowledge level scores of the students who did not receive IPE were found to be higher than those who did. After the training, the students' knowledge levels, readiness for care and their perceptions of control towards the COVID-19 pandemic increased statistically significantly (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The students' knowledge levels and perceptions of control surrounding the pandemic may grow as a result of the IPE given about COVID-19 during the pandemic, when IPE became more important, and students may feel more prepared to care.

An evaluation of the knowledge and attitudes that Health Care Services department students have about epilepsy.

AIM: This study was conducted to examine the knowledge and attitudes that students in the field of healthcare services have about epilepsy. METHOD: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 312 students of the Department of Health Care Services (home patient and elderly care) in Turkey. The data were collected using a sociodemographic information form, the Epilepsy Knowledge Level Scale, and the Attitudes Towards Epilepsy Scale. Descriptive statistics, the Shapiro-Wilk test, the Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis H test and the Spearman correlation test were used to analyze the data. Significance was considered as p < 0.05. RESULTS: Students in the field of healthcare services constituted the sample of the study, and more than half of the students (68.3%) were female. The mean scores obtained from the Epilepsy Knowledge Scale and the Epilepsy Attitude Scale were 8.38 ± 4.29 and 60.02 ± 7.28 respectively. A positive and significant relationship was found between the students' knowledge and attitude scores about epilepsy (p < 0.01). It was found that students' attitudes toward epilepsy positively increased as their knowledge increased. It was observed that female students who received education about epilepsy, witnessed seizures, and had relatives with epilepsy had more positive attitudes toward epilepsy. CONCLUSION: In this study, it was found that the student participants had a moderate level of knowledge about epilepsy and exhibited a positive attitude toward epilepsy. It was determined that the students' attitudes toward epilepsy positively increased as their level of knowledge about epilepsy increased.

Role of multicomponent non-pharmacological nursing interventions on delirium prevention: A randomized controlled study.

Multicomponent-Non-PharmacologicalNursingInterventions (Multi-Non-PharmaNIs) are evidence-based recommendations for the prevention of delirium. Purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to compare the effects of Multi-Non-PharmaNIs on delirium. The Multi-Non-PharmaNIs included orientation strategies (playing audio recordings of a non-family/family member), reading a daily newspaper, andwearing an eye patch at night. The absence/presence of delirium was assessed two times a day for three consecutive days. The patients in Group1 were made to listen to the orientation messages recorded in a non-family member's voice (10 min), was read newspaper, and wore an eye patch at night. Group2 received the same interventions as Group1, only the orientation messages were recorded in a family member's voice. The control group received standard nursing-care. There was a significant difference between 3 groups. When Group1 and Group2 were compared with the control group, it was found that there was a significant difference between Group2 and control group (p<0.05). Multi-Non-PharmaNIs were found to reduce delirium in critically ill patients.