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. 2023 Jan 25:16:237-247.
doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S398663. eCollection 2023.

Preoperative Patient Education Practices and Predictors Among Nurses Working in East Amhara Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2022

Beza Tadesse  1 , Prem Kumar  1 , Natnaiel Girma  1 , Samuel Anteneh  1 , Wondwossen Yimam  2 , Mitaw Girma  2
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Preoperative Patient Education Practices and Predictors Among Nurses Working in East Amhara Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2022

Beza Tadesse et al. J Multidiscip Healthc. .

Abstract

Background: The time before surgery is a traumatic period for patients. Despite this fact, no research has been conducted on nurses' preoperative patient education in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess preoperative patient education practices and associated factors among nurses working in East Amhara comprehensive specialized hospitals, Ethiopia, 2022.

Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted with 416 nurses. Pretested, structured questionnaires were used to collect the data. Bivariable analysis was performed for each independent variable with a P-value < 0.25 on the data imported to multivariate logistic regression analysis. AOR with a 95% CI and a P-value < 0.05 at a 5% level of significance were considered.

Results: Only 38.5% of nurses were found to have good practices for preoperative patient education, with a response rate of 98%. Nurses with 6 years of work experience (AOR = 3.15, 95% CI: 1.692-5.874), adequate time (AOR = 2.33, 95% CI: 1.119-4.889), training (AOR = 4.27, 95% CI: 1.548-11.796), age 25-29 (AOR = 0.15, 95% CI: 0.070-0.331), age 30-34 (AOR = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.137-0.479), and knowledge (AOR = 3.73, 95% CI: 2.222-6.273) were significantly associated.

Conclusion: Preoperative patient education practices among nurses were poor. Work experience, knowledge, training, and adequate time were found to be significant. Organize preoperative patient education programs for nurses that share experiences and provide ongoing training.

Keywords: East Amhara region; nurses; practices; preoperative education.

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Conflict of interest statement

All the authors have declared no conflict of interest.

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Conceptual framework on preoperative patient education practices and associated factors from a literature review.
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Schematic representation of the sampling procedure.
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Knowledge level of nurses working in East Amhara region comprehensive specialized hospitals from July 15 To August 15, 2022, Ethiopia.
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Preoperative patient education practices in East Amhara region comprehensive specialized hospitals from July 15 to August 15 in 2022, Ethiopia.
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