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Effectiveness of Educational Program on Fatigue and Activities of Daily Living among Myasthenia Gravis Patients

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Background: Myasthenia gravis is the most prevalent medical disorder related to
dysfunction of neuromuscular transmission. It mainly causes fluctuating muscle weakness,
fatigability and decreasing activities of daily living. Aim of study: Was to evaluate the effect of
education program on fatigue and activities of daily living among myasthenia gravis patients. Study
design: A quasi- experimental design was used in the study. Setting: This study was conducted at
neurological departments of Benha University Hospitals and Mansoura University. Sample: A
purposive sampling was used in the current study and the sample size included (60 patients) with
myasthenia gravis. Tool of data collection: (I) Patients' interviewing questionnaire, covering
patients' demographic characteristics, medical and surgical history, their knowledge about
myasthenia gravis. (II) Myasthenia gravis fatigue scale. (III) Activities of Daily Living, (IV)
Myasthenia gravis Manual Muscle Test. Results: There was significantly improvement in patients'
knowledge about disease, fatigue score, activities of daily living and manual muscle test post and at
follow up compared to pre program where p < 0.001. Conclusion: The educational program
provided for studied myasthenia gravis patient has significantly increased their knowledge about
disease and improved fatigue score, activities of daily living and muscle strength.
Recommendation: Replication of this study is recommended on several clinical settings for
generalizability of the research results to other hospitals.

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247671

Keywords

Key words: Activities of Daily Living, Educational Program, Fatigue, Myasthenia gravis

Authors

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Asmaa

Last Name

Ahmed Hassan

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Instructor at Technical Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

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Marwa

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Mustafa Ragheb

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Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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Amal

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Saied Taha

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Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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Rasha

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Fathy Mohamed

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Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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Volume

3

Article Issue

2

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35042

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-06-01

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

510

Page End

522

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

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JNSBU_Volume 3_Issue 2_Pages 510-522.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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Effectiveness of Educational Program on Fatigue and Activities of Daily Living among Myasthenia Gravis Patients

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23 Jan 2023