Effect of Telehealth Nursing program Regarding Covid-19 among Pregnant Women | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 55, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Page 973-986 PDF (691.76 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.165206 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hanaa Kamal Helmy1; Faten Said Abdelhady Garf2; Rasha El –Sayed Ibrahim3 | ||||
| 1Assistant Professor at Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Lecturer at Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Lecturer at Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Telehealth nursing; pregnant women; knowledge; attitude; practices; and COVID-19 | ||||
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