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Effect of Psych-educational Program on Nursing Staff Attitudes towards Patients Having Substance Related Disorders

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Psychiatric nursing

Abstract

 Background: Nurses provide substance related disorder' patient treatment at all stages of the
admittance process, from the initial assessment through treatment and follow up care. Aim of the
study: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a psycho-educational program on nursing staff attitudes
towards patients having substance related disorders. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used.
The subjects of the study included 134 nurses and was divided into two equal groups (Experimental group
& Control group) with 67 nurses in each group who were chosen by purposive sampling. The study was
conducted at Benha Mental Health and Addiction Hospital. Tools for data collection: Two tools were
used for data collection; Tool (1): Questionnaire interview assessing nursing staff socio-demographic
data, Tool (2): Questionnaire related to nursing staff attitudes towards patients having substance related
disorders. Results: Mean score of the attitude of the experimental group 'nurses was (53.56) at preintervention phase, which it was improved to be (87.5) at post intervention phase with slightly
decrease to be (83.18) at follow up phase. Conclusion: The psycho-educational program had a positive
effect on the nursing staff attitudes towards patients having substance related disorder. Moreover, there
is a strong positive relation between the nursing staff attitudes and their age, years of experience in
the psychiatric field and years of working in the addiction department. Recommendations: Providing
up-to-date educational programs on regular basis for nurses' dealing with patients having substance
related disorders about new health issues and its trends related to these disorders. 

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.307800

Keywords

Nursing staff attitudes, psycho-educational program, Substance related disorder

Authors

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Heba

Last Name

Abdel Fatah Ahmed

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Assistant lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing at Faculty of Nursing Dameitta University

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Sorayia

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Ramadan Abdelfattah

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Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing at Faculty of Nursing October 6 University \ Ain Shams University

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Shewikar

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Tawfik El-Bakry

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Professor of Neuropsychiatry at Faculty of Medicine Benha University

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Faten

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Mohamed Ahmed

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing at Faculty of Nursing Benha University

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Volume

4

Article Issue

2

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42195

Issue Date

2023-07-01

Receive Date

2023-07-15

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

433

Page End

447

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

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JNSBU_Volume 4_Issue 2_Pages 433-447.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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Effect of Psych-educational Program on Nursing Staff Attitudes towards Patients Having Substance Related Disorders

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28 Dec 2024