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KMID : 1188320190130010048
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Gut and Liver
2019 Volume.13 No. 1 p.48 ~ p.53
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Impact of Education on School Nurses' Knowledge of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Kim Eun-Soo
Kwon Ki-Tae
Kim Sung-Kook
Kim Mi-Young
Lee Hyun-Seok
Jang Byung-Ik
Kim Kyeong-Ok
Kim Eun-Young
Lee Yoo-Jin
Hong Suk-Jin
Yang Chang-Heon
Kang Ben
Choe Byung-Ho
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Abstract
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Background/Aims: School nurses' knowledge of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not been evaluated. We aimed to investigate school nurses' knowledge of IBD and determine whether education could improve this knowledge.
Methods: School nurses were invited to complete self-reported questionnaires on IBD. Then, IBD specialists from tertiary referral hospitals provided a 60-minute lecture with educational brochures on two occasions, with a 3-month interval. Within 6 months after the educational interventions, school nurses were asked to complete the same IBD questionnaire via e-mail.
Results: Among 101 school nurses who were invited to participate, 54 nurses (53.5%) who completed two consecutive questionnaires were included in this study (median age, 45 years; range, 25 to 59 years; 100% female); 11.1% and 7.4% of the study participants had no knowledge regarding ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, respectively. They had heard of IBD most frequently from doctors (33.3%), followed by internet sources (25.9%). After 6 months, the number of nurses who could explain IBD to students with over 30% confidence increased from 24 (44.5%) to 42 (77.8%) (p＜0.001). most nurses (81.5%) reported that the educational intervention was helpful for managing students with abdominal pain or diarrhea. the number of students who received ibd-related welfare services from the Daegu metropolitan office of education doubled when compared with the corresponding number during the prior educational year.
Conclusions: There is room for improvement in school nurses' knowledge of IBD. a systematic educational program on IBD should be implemented for these nurses.
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KEYWORD
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Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn disease, Colitis, ulcerative, Schools, nursing
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