Effect of Tele Nursing on Health Outcomes of Children with Rheumatic Arthritis and Satisfaction of Their Caregivers during Covid-19 Pandemic | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Page 1855-1873 PDF (1.02 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.270428 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Hemat Mostafa Amer1; Elham S. Elzyen2; Doaa A. Zayed3; Alyaa H.Salama3 | ||||
1Assistant professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt. | ||||
2Lecturer of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt. | ||||
3Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is autoimmune illness which mostly affects the joints. Access to care and rheumatic arthritis outcomes and satisfaction may be improved by utilizing the tele-nursing especially during the outbreak of COVID-19. Aim: To investigate the effect of tele nursing on health outcomes of children with rheumatic arthritis and satisfaction of their caregivers during Covid 19 pandemic. Design: A quasi experimental research design. Setting: Three out patients’ clinics of rheumatology were selected from; Menoufia University hospital, Teaching hospital and school health insurance clinics. Subjects: A purposive sample of 120 students were selected and divided equally to study and control group. Instruments: Data was collected using The Arabic form of The Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report & Client Satisfaction Questionnaire- Results:The health outcomes of children with RA, including functional abilities, pain intensity, joint pain and swelling, joint stiffness, medication adherence, disease status and disease course, and general well-being, showed statistically significant differences between the study group and control group following the intervention. Moreover, there was a significance improvement in the levels of the quality of life (physical and psychological) on post intervention among study group than control group. Additionally, for the study group, there was a statistically significant improvement in the caregivers' satisfaction with the health services they received. Conclusion: Tele-nursing intervention is a significant method of health care delivery and has a positive impact on health outcomes of children with RA and increases the caregivers' satisfaction especially after arising the era of COVID 19 Pandemic. Recommendations: High-quality researches incorporating other undiscovered health outcomes and satisfaction are required to establish the benefit of tele-nursing in enhancing patient care. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Caregivers' satisfaction; children rheumatic arthritis; Covid 19 pandemic; health outcome; and tele-nursing | ||||
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