Effect of Nursing Guidelines about Pruritus on Patients with Skin Diseases | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 77, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 1014-1032 PDF (633.39 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.256441 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Reda Dardier Hussein Awad1; Hanem Awad Mekhamier2; Hayah Abou Elazayiem Bayumi3; Gehan Abd Elfattah Atia4; Wafaa Atta Mohammed Ahmed5 | ||
| 1Lecturer at Medical Surgical and Critical Care Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University | ||
| 2Assistant professor of family and community health nursing, Faculty of nursing, Damietta university | ||
| 3Assistant professor of adult Medical-Surgical nursing, Faculty of nursing, South valley University, upper Egypt | ||
| 4Assistant professor of Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakākā, Jouf, Saudi Arabia. Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt. | ||
| 5Lecturer of community health nursing, faculty of nursing, Benha University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: chronic pruritus is a common complaint among patients with skin diseases, which impacts on the quality of life. Aim: to evaluate the effect of implementing nursing guidelines about pruritus on patients with skin diseases. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the department of Dermatology and the outpatient clinic of dermatology at Beni-Suef University Hospital. Sample the study included a convenient sample of 80 patients with chronic pruritus. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used. Tool (I): A structured interview questionnaire included three parts; part 1. patients’ demographic characteristics e.g., age, sex, education level, part 2:patients ’clinical data to assess health condition and part 3 patients ’level of knowledge about pruritus Tool (II): Pruritus area Severity Index (PASI) for assessing severity of pruritus & tool (III): Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) to assess the health-related quality of life of adult patients suffering from a skin disease Results: nursing guidelines implementation showed a significant difference on patients level of knowledge, Pruritus area Severity Index and QOL among patients with skin diseases with p value = <0.05, Also there was highly statistically significant correlation between Knowledge score, Dermatology life quality Index (DLQI) and PASI score with p-value = <0.001 Conclusion: application of nursing guidelines are appropriate way to improving patients level of knowledge, quality of life and decreasing severity of chronic pruritus among patients with skin diseases. Recommendations: This study recommend implementing nursing guidelines about pruritus as part of the routine primary care service provided for patients with skin diseases. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nursing guidelines; Pruritus; Skin Diseases | ||
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