Nurses Education Using Virtual Social Network

Blood Pressure Determination Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04789642
• Other study ID #: mansoura U
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 15, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: Mansoura University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: May 15, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Blood Pressure Determination
• Continuing Nursing Education
• Education, Distance

Intervention

Other:
• blood pressure measurement whatsapp educational program
educational

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University	Mansoura

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mansoura University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	change in blood pressure measurement skill score	). 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)
Primary	change in Blood Pressure Measurement Knowledge score	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)