Background: In psychiatric hospitals, aggressive and threats of aggressive constitute serious eme... more Background: In psychiatric hospitals, aggressive and threats of aggressive constitute serious emergencies that may be difficult to control by nursing staff, the physical restraints are the best solution to protect patient and other. Study design: The one-group pretest-posttest pre-experimental design was practiced. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational guidelines about physical restrain on nurses? practices at psychiatric hospital.. Setting: This study was conducted at the two settings: Psychiatric department in the ZagazigUniversity Hospital and Al-Dar Hospital of Psychiatry and Addiction at Zagazig city- at El Sharkia- Egypt. Subjects: A convenience sample of 50 psychiatric nurses involved. Tools of the study:Physical restraint questionnaire was used which contains two parts; Part one: The Nurses\' Practices Regarding the Use of Physical Restraint and part two: Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. The results: The results demonstrates that about two third of studied nurses have an inadequate practice in applying physical restraints before the educational sessions, while, most of the nurses have an adequate practice in applying physical restrain after implementation of educational sessions and there is a positive significant difference in nursing performance of physical restraint before and after educational sessions Conclusions:It can be concluded that the majority of the studied nurses\' level of practices improved after implementation of educational sessions about guidelines to applying physical restraint, with a highly positive significant statistical differencebetween nurses\' level of practices in performing and applying physical restraint before and after educational sessions. Recommendations: Apply the educational sessions about guidelines of applying physical restraint to improve nursing performance in all psychiatric settings and increase awareness of the mental health team about the importance of the policy of applying physical restraint
Background: Patients with major depressive disorder experience many difficulties and need strateg... more Background: Patients with major depressive disorder experience many difficulties and need strategies to enhance adherence, cope with a chronic condition, and maintain a positive mental status which must address issues in training and patient education. Aim: The study aim was to examine the effectiveness of the psychoeducational program for self-management strategies to cope among patients with depression. Methods: A quasi-experimental design (one group pre/post-test) was used in the current study. It was carried out in the Outpatient Department at Psychiatric Hospital in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt. A purposive sample of sixty psychiatric patients medically diagnosed with the major depressive disorder was recruited in this study. Tools: consisted of four parts: Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics sheet, Self-rating depression scale (SDS), Self-management strategies, and The COPE inventory. Results: The findings of this study verified that statistically significant relation pre/post and pre/follow-up observations in self-rating depression scale, self-management strategies for people with depression, and the 15-scales of the coping inventory and statistically significant relation between post and follow-up observations in self-management strategies for people with depression and the 15 scales of the COPE inventory (p≤0.01 and p≤0.05). Conclusion: The results demonstrated that, the psycho-educational program is effective in promoting positive self-cope strategies for patients with depression. Recommendations: Nurses in psychiatric organizations, along with other healthcare members, should help patients develop, and use more self-management techniques and coping strategies.
Background and objective: Schizophrenia requires preservation of treatment with psychotropic medi... more Background and objective: Schizophrenia requires preservation of treatment with psychotropic medication and psycho-educational therapy. The nurse uses effective strategies to train those patients about stress management; relaxation technique and increase self-awareness, to improve their quality of life and enhance antipsychotic adherence. The study aimed to assess the effective strategies for nurses empowering the life quality and antipsychotic adherence of patients with schizophrenia.Methods: Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. The present study was achieved at the outpatient departments of the Mental Hospital in Beni-Suef, Egypt. A non-probability sampling of 60 patients with schizophrenia were recruited for the study. Tools of this study included: A structured interview questionnaire related to soci-demographic data, the quality of life scale, and the medication adherence rating scale. The training program consisted of 8 sessions.Results: The study indi...
Background: In psychiatric hospitals, aggressive and threats of aggressive constitute serious eme... more Background: In psychiatric hospitals, aggressive and threats of aggressive constitute serious emergencies that may be difficult to control by nursing staff, the physical restraints are the best solution to protect patient and other. Study design: The one-group pretest-posttest pre-experimental design was practiced. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational guidelines about physical restrain on nurses? practices at psychiatric hospital.. Setting: This study was conducted at the two settings: Psychiatric department in the ZagazigUniversity Hospital and Al-Dar Hospital of Psychiatry and Addiction at Zagazig city- at El Sharkia- Egypt. Subjects: A convenience sample of 50 psychiatric nurses involved. Tools of the study:Physical restraint questionnaire was used which contains two parts; Part one: The Nurses\' Practices Regarding the Use of Physical Restraint and part two: Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. The results: The results demonstrates that about two third of studied nurses have an inadequate practice in applying physical restraints before the educational sessions, while, most of the nurses have an adequate practice in applying physical restrain after implementation of educational sessions and there is a positive significant difference in nursing performance of physical restraint before and after educational sessions Conclusions:It can be concluded that the majority of the studied nurses\' level of practices improved after implementation of educational sessions about guidelines to applying physical restraint, with a highly positive significant statistical differencebetween nurses\' level of practices in performing and applying physical restraint before and after educational sessions. Recommendations: Apply the educational sessions about guidelines of applying physical restraint to improve nursing performance in all psychiatric settings and increase awareness of the mental health team about the importance of the policy of applying physical restraint
Background: Patients with major depressive disorder experience many difficulties and need strateg... more Background: Patients with major depressive disorder experience many difficulties and need strategies to enhance adherence, cope with a chronic condition, and maintain a positive mental status which must address issues in training and patient education. Aim: The study aim was to examine the effectiveness of the psychoeducational program for self-management strategies to cope among patients with depression. Methods: A quasi-experimental design (one group pre/post-test) was used in the current study. It was carried out in the Outpatient Department at Psychiatric Hospital in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt. A purposive sample of sixty psychiatric patients medically diagnosed with the major depressive disorder was recruited in this study. Tools: consisted of four parts: Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics sheet, Self-rating depression scale (SDS), Self-management strategies, and The COPE inventory. Results: The findings of this study verified that statistically significant relation pre/post and pre/follow-up observations in self-rating depression scale, self-management strategies for people with depression, and the 15-scales of the coping inventory and statistically significant relation between post and follow-up observations in self-management strategies for people with depression and the 15 scales of the COPE inventory (p≤0.01 and p≤0.05). Conclusion: The results demonstrated that, the psycho-educational program is effective in promoting positive self-cope strategies for patients with depression. Recommendations: Nurses in psychiatric organizations, along with other healthcare members, should help patients develop, and use more self-management techniques and coping strategies.
Background and objective: Schizophrenia requires preservation of treatment with psychotropic medi... more Background and objective: Schizophrenia requires preservation of treatment with psychotropic medication and psycho-educational therapy. The nurse uses effective strategies to train those patients about stress management; relaxation technique and increase self-awareness, to improve their quality of life and enhance antipsychotic adherence. The study aimed to assess the effective strategies for nurses empowering the life quality and antipsychotic adherence of patients with schizophrenia.Methods: Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. The present study was achieved at the outpatient departments of the Mental Hospital in Beni-Suef, Egypt. A non-probability sampling of 60 patients with schizophrenia were recruited for the study. Tools of this study included: A structured interview questionnaire related to soci-demographic data, the quality of life scale, and the medication adherence rating scale. The training program consisted of 8 sessions.Results: The study indi...
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