scholarly journals Effectiveness of an intervention to increase the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding the return and disposal of unused medications

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Pauline Siew Mei Lai ◽  
Kit Mun Tan ◽  
Hong Gee Lee ◽  
Yin Yen Wong ◽  
Nur Azrida Azhari Wasi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Educational Session ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Unused Medications ◽  
Improve Attitude ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention (Safe D.U.M.P) to improve the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding the return and disposal of unused medications. Community-dwelling adults in Malaysia who could understand English were recruited from two healthcare events. Participants were asked to fill out the validated Return and Disposal of Unused Medications (ReDiUM) questionnaire (pre-intervention), view six educational intervention posters on how to dispose of unused medications (Safe D.U.M.P), then answer the ReDiUM questionnaire immediately after viewing the posters (post-intervention). A total of 390 out of 456 participants participated (response rate=85.5%). Most were female (71%) with a median age of 42 years. The overall knowledge of participants significantly increased from 60% to 80% (p<0.001). However, no improvement was seen regarding their overall attitude and practice. This outcome was as expected as it may be more difficult to improve attitude and practice (when compared to knowledge) with a single educational session.

scholarly journals Comparative effects of educational intervention on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding HIV/AIDS among hospital orderlies in two Tertiary Hospitals

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-119
Author(s):  
Adeola A. Ekundayo ◽  
Olaonipekun K. Alausa ◽  
Olorunfemi E. Amoran ◽  
Motunrayo O. Adekunle
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Risk Of Infection ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Intervention Evaluation ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) pandemic is a major challenge that health care workers are faced with because of increased risk of infection. Despite the high risk of HIV infection among nursing assistants, less attention is currently paid to training this cadre of hospital staff to reduce the risk of infection. Objective:  To assess the effect of educational intervention on knowledge, attitude and practice about HIV/AIDS among hospital orderlies in two tertiary facilities in Ogun State, South-west, Nigeria. Methods: The study was a quasi-experimental, non-randomized, controlled group design which was conducted in three phases; a pre-intervention evaluation, immediate post-intervention evaluation and another evaluation three months post-intervention. Hospital orderlies were recruited (108 from the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu (OOUTH) as intervention group and 112 orderlies from the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta as controls). Results: Significant increase in the knowledge, attitude and practice of the intervention group determined by percentage score was recorded immediately after the training. In the control group, there was a decline in the attitudinal score but an insignificant increase in the knowledge and practice of HIV prevention. Three months post-intervention, further increase in the knowledge score and attitudinal score in the intervention group respectively compared to the pre-test scores ( 83.3% vs. 99.1% and 94.4% vs. 96.3%) were recorded. Conclusion: The study showed good knowledge of HIV and AIDS which further improved after the educational intervention. Therefore, the need for continuous training for the hospital orderlies is germane.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pharmacovigilance Among Nursing Staff in BGS GIMS Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 497-502
Author(s):  
Veena R. M ◽  
Kalpana L ◽  
Lavanya S. H ◽  
Bharat Kumar V. D ◽  
Manasa C. R
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Test Response ◽  
Adr Reporting ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Kap Survey ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background:To assess the knowledge, attitude andpractice (KAP) of pharmacovigilance (PV) and adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting among nurses and to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention for improving awareness of pharmacovigilance among nurses in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods:A predesigned structured KAP survey questionnaire was adapted from the previous studies,modified and validated internally in the department.Nursing staff working in all the departments of BGS GIMS College were included in the study. The KAP questionnaire was used to collect the data before and after an educational intervention. Results:A total of 77 nursing staffs were involved in pre-KAP and post- KAP survey questionnaire.The pre-test response rate was 25.3% for knowledge based questions, 55% for attitude and 24.67% for practice based questions. After educational intervention, the post-test response rate was 96.6% knowledge based questions, 84.4% for attitude and 78.24 % for practice based questions. The overall scores observed between pre-test and post-test were found to be statistically significant proving the effectiveness of educational intervention and improving the knowledge of pharma covigilance among nursing staff.Post educational intervention, nursing staff strongly agreed that pharmacovigilance (PV) should be trained in detail to all health care professionals and understood with the necessity of ADR reporting to the adverse drug monitoring centre (AMC) in our hospital run by department of pharmacology. Conclusions:This study proves that knowledge, attitude and practice of pharma covigilance and adverse drug reporting in routine practice can be improved by proper orientation and medical interventions.

The fundamental role of educational intervention on improving health care workers’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards infection control precautions

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasha H. Bassyouni ◽  
Ahmed-Ashraf Wegdan ◽  
Naglaa A El-Sherbiny
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Atp Bioluminescence ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

To evaluate the role of educational intervention on health care workers' (HCWs) compliance to standard precautions and cleaning of frequently touched surfaces at critical care units, forty-nine HCWs at 2 intensive care units (ICUs) and one neonatology unit at Fayoum University hospital were evaluated for knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards standard precautions as well as obstacles affecting their compliance to standard precautions before and after a 32-hour purposed-designed infection control education program. A structured self-administrated questionnaire as well as observational checklists were used. Assessment of Environmental cleaning was investigated by observational checklist, ATP bioluminescence and aerobic bacteriological culture for 118 frequently touched surfaces. Pre-intervention assessment revealed that 78.6% of HCWs were with good knowledge, 82.8% with good attitude and 80.8% had good practice. Obstacles identified by HCWs were as follow: making patient-care very technical (65.3%), deficiency of hand washing facilities (59.2%), skin irritation resulting from hand hygiene products (51%), and unavailability of PPE (38.8%). High significant improvements of knowledge, attitude and practice were detected after one month of educational intervention (P= 0.000). During the pre-interventional period only 30.5% of surfaces were considered clean versus 97.45% post intervention (P< 0.05). The highest Median ATP bioluminescence values were obtained from telephone handset, light switches and Blood pressure cuffs. S. aureus was the most common isolated organism followed by Enterococcus spp and E.coli (52, 38 and 19 surfaces respectively). In conclusion, contentious training of HCWs on standard precautions should be considered a mandatory element in infection control programs

Development and Validation of the Return and Disposal of Unused Medications Questionnaire (ReDiUM) in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 737-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Si Mui Sim ◽  
Pauline Siew Mei Lai ◽  
Kit Mun Tan ◽  
Hong Gee Lee ◽  
Che Zuraini Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Metered Dose Inhalers ◽  
Flesch Reading Ease ◽  
Total Knowledge Score ◽  
Unused Medications ◽  
Metered Dose ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

The aim of our study was to develop and validate the return and disposal of unused medications (ReDiUM), as there are currently no validated tools available (worldwide) to assess this. The ReDiUM was developed by an expert panel. It was then administered to community-dwelling adults, who could understand English, at baseline and 2 weeks later. A total of 338/354 participants agreed to participate (response rate = 95.4%). Flesch reading ease was 60. The overall Cronbach’s α was 0.703 (range = 0.609-0.762). At test-retest, κ values ranged from 0.244 to 0.523. Median total knowledge score was 60% (interquartile range = 40% to 70%). The majority of participants (94.4%) knew that improper drug disposal has harmful effects on the environment. However, their knowledge was low (11.2%) regarding the disposal of pressurized metered-dose inhalers in the garbage. The ReDiUM was found to be a valid and reliable instrument to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice on the ReDiUM in Malaysia.

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