Assessment of Patient education barriers in viewpoint of nurses and general physicians
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 8, Issue 12
Abstract
Background and aim: patient education as an important care causes participating of patients in self-care. For performing effectively patient education process, recognizing the limitations and barriers are essential. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the barriers of patient education in view point of nurses and general physicians in Emam Reza hospital of Kermanshah.in a descriptive- analytical study, 57 general physician and 116 nurses was enrolled by convenience sampling method, the tool of study was a valid and reliable questionnaire. Data was gathered by refer to workplace of samples and a questionnaire, then analyzed by descriptive statistics and Mann -Whitney U test. results of the study showed the most important barriers of patient education were high work load with score of 3.05, mismatch of personnel to patients (2.86), job dissatisfaction (2.83), lack of managerial attention and inadequate of fund to patient education. Nurses and general physicians disagreed about the barriers relation to mismatch of personnel to patients (p<0/0001) , inconsistency between staff (p= 0.027), lack of patients physical readiness (p= 0.013) and information deficiency of healthcare workers about educational needs (p=0.012).according to the findings, patient education was performed in low level, by reasoning of combination of environmental, individual and managerial factors; therefore it is suggested to remove these barriers based on priority.
Authors and Affiliations
Alireza Abdi *| PhD student of Nursing, Kermanshah university of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran, email: A_abdi61@yahoo.com, Ahmad Izadi| PhD of Education Sciences, faculty of Emam Hossein University, Department of education and psychology, Tehran, Iran, Kamran Vafaeei| MSC of critical care nursing, Emam Reza hospital, Kermanshah, Iran, Ehsan Lorestani| MSC student of nursing, nursing and Midwifery school, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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