Effect of Educational Program about Accident Prevention and First Aids on knowledge and practice of Elderly | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 17, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2017, Page 208-218 PDF (298.28 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2017.47308 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Soad A Sharkawy1; Naglaa S Abd El-aty1; Nermeen M Abd Elaziz2 | ||||
| 1Community Health Nursing Department- Faculty of Nursing- Assiut University | ||||
| 2Gerontological Nursing Department- Faculty of Nursing- Assiut University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Injury among elderly people is usually associated with high morbidity and mortality, and is thus a public health concern. It requires longer hospitalization and more extensive medical attention. This study aims to assess the effect of educational program about accidents prevention and first aids on knowledge and practice of elderly. Subjects & method: Quazi-experimental research design was used in this study. The study was carried out at some outpatient clinics at Main Assiut University Hospital on 50 elderly people, were selected through total coverage sample technique. Data were collected using Structure interview questionnaire to test elderly's' knowledge about accidents and to assess the reported practices of elderly` about first aid to all types of accident; fracture, bleeding from cutting, burn, electric shock, suffocation, poisoning and drowning. Results: more than three quarters (78.0%) of the studied elderly aged (60-<70) years, more than two thirds of studied elderly (68.0 %) was females, while more than three quarters of them (76.0%) was illiterate. The majority of studied elderly (96.0%) had unsatisfactory knowledge about accident before the program implementation, while 72.0% of them had satisfactory knowledge about accident after the program implementation. Regarding to elderly reported practice about first aids it was found that, the majority of (94.0%) of studied elderly had satisfactory practice after the program implementation. Conclusion: based on the results of the present study it can be concluded that; there is lack of knowledge among studied elderly regarding accidents and reported practice regarding first aids on pretest, while after the implementation of the educational program the elderly knowledge and reported practice are improved. Recommendations: Encourage multidisciplinary researches in the same study in order to cover large sample in different places | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Accident - first aid – elderly; Educational Program | ||||
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