Effect of Supportive Guidelines on Nurses’ Knowledge and Practices regarding Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 39, Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2019, Pages 544-559 PDF (617.84 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.262284 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Magda Fawzy Hasab Allah; Safaa Ali Abdelnaem; Amany Hassan Abd Elrahim | ||
| Lecturer of Woman Health and Obstetrics Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is an iatrogenic and potentially life-threatening complication of fertility treatment. Aim: To evaluate the effect of supportive guidelines on nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Study design: quasi experimental pre and posttest research design was applied. Setting: The current research was carried out at all infertility treatment centers in Minia city (El Nile, Jannah, Minia center, and Egypt center). Sample: A convenient sample was utilized in the current study, 60 nurses who agree to participate. Tools: data were gathered via three tools: the first include socio-demographic data, knowledge assessment tool, and practices observational checklist regarding OHSS prevention. Results: it reveals that 76.7 % of the participants had poor knowledge about OHSS in pretest reduced to 6.7% in posttest. And 71.7 % of the participants had unsatisfactory practices regarding OHSS prevention in pretest which decreased to 21.7% in posttest. Furthermore there was a positive correlation between studied sample’s knowledge and practices in pretest and posttest with statistically significant differences where p_ value was .001. Conclusion: There were highly statistically significant improvements in nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding OHSS after implementation of supportive guidelines. Recommendation: Provide a continuous planned educational courses for nurses in infertility treatment centers and clinics to update their knowledge continuously and improving their practices regarding preventing OHSS and, routinely provide a brochure or a booklet that contain all information about OHSS for every women receiving ovulation induction medication in all infertility centers or clinics. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Knowledge; Nurses; Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome Practices; Supportive Guidelines | ||
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