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. 2023 Oct 9;22(1):370.
doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01544-x.

Evaluation of a co-designed Parkinson's awareness audio podcast for undergraduate nursing students in Northern Ireland

Sophie Crooks  1 , Patrick Stark  1 , Susan Carlisle  1 , Johanna McMullan  1 , Shannon Copeland  1 , Wai Yee Amy Wong  2 , David Blake  3 , Elaine Lyons  3 , Nuala Campbell  3 , Gillian Carter  1 , Christine Brown Wilson  1 , Gary Mitchell  4
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Evaluation of a co-designed Parkinson's awareness audio podcast for undergraduate nursing students in Northern Ireland

Sophie Crooks et al. BMC Nurs. .

Abstract

Background: Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a common neurological condition that often causes stiffness, tremor and slow movement. People living with PD are likely to encounter nursing students throughout their journey from pre-diagnosis to death. Despite this, there is a paucity of evidence about current practice in PD education amongst nursing students. The present study provides an evaluation of a co-designed Parkinson's Awareness audio podcast amongst nursing students in Northern Ireland.

Methods: Following co-design of an audio podcast about PD, a mixed methods evaluation was carried out. 332 student nurses completed pre-/post-test questionnaires about their knowledge and perceptions of PD before and after listening to the audio podcast. Further to this, 35 student nurses participated in focus-group interviews six months following listening to explore how the podcast influenced practice.

Results: Student nurses posted a mean score of 52% before listening to the audio podcast. This mean increased to 80% post-test. These findings were statistically significant (p < 0.001), demonstrating significant increases in PD awareness after listening. Findings from the focus groups suggested that the audio podcast improved empathy and practice towards people with PD. The findings also suggested that students perceived audio podcasts to be a good way to learn about PD.

Conclusion: Provision of a co-designed audio podcast about PD has the potential to improve student nurse knowledge and practice related to PD as evidenced in this study.

Keywords: Asynchronous; Co-Design; Education; Mixed methods; Nursing student; Parkinson’s Disease; Podcast; Undergraduate.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Distribution of pre-test scores
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