Nursing Guidelines on Safety Measures Awareness among Patients with Thyroid Disorders undergoing Radioactive Iodine Therapy | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2024, Pages 1619-1633 PDF (289.98 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.348509 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rasha Mohamed Elmetwaly1; Asmaa Said Ali1; Shimaa Nabil Abd Elsalam1; Diaa Eldin Moussa Sherif2; Somia Metwaly Elsayed3 | ||
| 1Assistant professor of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Assistant professor of Oncology medicine- Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Physics Radiation Oncology - Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Radioactive iodine therapy (RAIT) is a highly effective therapy for thyroid cancer and is usually general in patients with various thyroid diseases. Safety is considered an essential plan in treating patients suffering from cancer with iodine-131. Aim of the study: was to evaluate the effect of nursing guidelines on safety measures awareness among patients with thyroid disorders undergoing Radioactive Iodine Therapy. Study design: A quasi-experiment study design was used to achieve aim of the study. Setting: The outpatient clinics of the Nuclear Medicine Center for radioactive iodine therapy at Ain Shams University Hospital. Cairo. Egypt. Sample: A Purposive sample of 50 patients was participated in the current study. Tools: Data were collected using three tools as follows: Tool1: Patient Interview Questionnaire (pre/post and follow up). Tool 2. Swallowing exercise observational checklist (pre/post and follow up), and Tool 3- Complications assessment tool (pre/post and follow up). Results: there was significant improvement in patient`s knowledge, awareness regarding the safety measures of RAIT, patient`s practice of swallowing exercises and significant decreasing in occurrence of short and long term complications after nursing guidelines implementation. Conclusion: It was concluded that nursing guidelines have a positive effect in increasing patient`s knowledge, patient`s awareness of safety measures, swallowing exercises practice, and reducing the incidence of treatment complications. Recommendation: Continuous educational guidelines should be constructed and implemented about safety measures to the patients with thyroid diseases and receiving RAIT. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nursing guidelines; Safety measures awareness; Radioactive iodine therapy | ||
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