Effect of Smart Phone-Based Educational Program on Self- Care Practices for Hepatitis C Patients | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 40, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 669-689 PDF (334.94 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.191664 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sabah Nagah Hasan Mohamed1; Sedika Sadek Ramadan Fayad1; Sahar Mahmoud Sayed Ahmed Elawady2 | ||
| 1Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, | ||
| 2Assistant professor of Community health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) fronts a threat disease to the health of millions of people and is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The use of new digital health technology helps in providing quality assured education, as well, it has been proved to positively affect self-care practices. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a smartphone- based educational program on self- care practices for hepatitis C patients. Design: A quasi- experimental research design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at the medical outpatient clinic affiliated to El Nasr Insurance Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample of 100 Hepatitis C patients was selected and randomly divided into two equal groups. Tools of data collection: One tool was used, Patients’ structured interview questionnaire: it included four parts: Part 1) Patients’ demographic characteristics, Part 2: Past medical history. Part 3) patients’ level of knowledge regarding HCV, and Part 4) patients’ self-care reported practices. Results: The mean age of the study and control groups were (39.70 ±7.74) and (39.560 ±9.532) respectively. The majority of study group had satisfactory knowledge scores post smart phone program, the minority of study group had a good level of self-care practices in the pre-program phase compared to the majority of them post smart phone program implementation Conclusion: There were highly significant improvements in total knowledge scores, reported self-care practices post smartphone educational program among study group than control group. Recommendation: Updated counseling regarding self-care practices must be included in the hepatitis C management standardized protocols. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hepatitis C; Self-care; Smartphone-based educational program | ||
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