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Effect of Telehealth Nursing program Regarding Covid-19 among Pregnant Women

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: A COVID-19 pandemic is emerging infections and a horrible disease has been shown
to have a fatal impact on pregnant women and their fetuses. Telehealth nursing program via SMS
messages has become vital to ensure safe and effective health for maternal and fetal conditions
Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of telehealth nursing program regarding Covid-19
among Pregnant Women. Design: A quasi-experimental study design was used. Setting: the study
was conducted at Beni-Suef Governorate. Data collected for 6 months from the first of April 2020 till
the end of September 2020. Sample: An online snowball sample approach of sixty pregnant women
included in the study. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection; demographic and clinical
data structured interviewing sheet, knowledge, attitude of pregnant women towards Covid-19
questionnaire, and Covid-19 Practice questionnaire. Results: nearly half of the studied women with
a mean age of (28.80±5.24), three-quarters of them had a university education. A statistically
significant improvement of COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practices of the studied women
after implementation of COVID-19 educational program via telehealth nursing and SMS messages,
and the improvement still apparent across all the studied sample regardless of their demographic
characteristics and clinical data. The studied women's COVID-19 knowledge was positively
associated with their attitude and practice. A positive relation was found between studied women's
COVID-19 attitude and practices Conclusion: Implementation of telehealth nursing program during
Covid 19 pandemic showed a positive impact and effective improvement in pregnant knowledge,
attitudes, and practices. Recommendation: Application of educational program via telehealth
nursing for pregnant women in various antenatal clinics should be conducted, and designing a long
term plan by healthcare providers to improve Obstetric conditions and access to education via
telehealth nursing after COVID-19.

DOI

10.21608/ejhc.2021.165206

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Telehealth nursing, Pregnant women, Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, and COVID-19

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Hanaa

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Kamal Helmy

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Assistant Professor at Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University, Egypt

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Faten

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Said Abdelhady Garf

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Lecturer at Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University, Egypt

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Rasha

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El –Sayed Ibrahim

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Lecturer at Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University, Egypt

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12

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1

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20169

Issue Date

2021-03-01

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2021-04-19

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2021-03-01

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973

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986

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Effect of Telehealth Nursing program Regarding Covid-19 among Pregnant Women

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22 Jan 2023