The effect of drug dosage calculation training program on math anxiety and nursing students' skills: A non-randomized trial study.

Background & Aim: Drug dosage calculation is one of the main skills in the drug administration process that requires sufficient knowledge about mathematical calculations and drug dosage; besides, lack of math anxiety is required for drug dosage calculation. This study aimed to determine the effect o...

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Publicado en:Nursing Practice Today Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 194 - 206
Autores principales: Sayadi, Leila, Nasrabadi, Alireza Nikbakht, Hosseini, Amin
Formato: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences Summer2021
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          Sayadi, Leila
          Nasrabadi, Alireza Nikbakht
          Hosseini, Amin
        affil: Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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          Students, Nursing
          Nursing Skills
          Mathematics
          Anxiety
          Dosage Calculation Education
          Outcomes of Education
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Nonrandomized Trials
          Convenience Sample
          Lecture
          Seminars and Workshops
          Questionnaires
          Two-Way Analysis of Variance
          Descriptive Statistics
          Patient Safety
          Data Analysis Software
          Comparative Studies
          Clinical Trials
          T-Tests
          Funding Source
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Background & Aim: Drug dosage calculation is one of the main skills in the drug administration process that requires sufficient knowledge about mathematical calculations and drug dosage; besides, lack of math anxiety is required for drug dosage calculation. This study aimed to determine the effect of mathematical calculation and drug dosage training programs on math anxiety and nursing students' drug dosage calculation skills. Methods & Materials: The present research was a non-randomized trial study. As a result of convenience sampling, 80 nursing students (40 in the control group and 40 in the intervention group) participated in the study. The study intervention included a mathematical and drug dosage training program including lecture, workshop, and practicing mathematical and drug calculations at the patient's bedside. The data were collected using a demographic, Betz' math anxiety, and drug dosage calculation skills questionnaires. Finally, descriptive and analytical statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: The two groups were homogeneous in terms of demographic variables, math anxiety, and drug calculation scores in the baseline. Two-way analysis of variance with repeated measures indicated the significant effect of the group on math anxiety (P=0.024). Given the interaction between group effect and time for the drug dosage calculations, comparing the differences between the second- and third-time scores of the baseline scores showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of drug dosage calculations (P <0.001). Conclusion: Implementation of a drug dosage calculation training program for nursing students can lead to the reduction of math anxiety and improvement of the drug dosage calculations; this can ultimately help improve patient safety.
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