Effectiveness of an E-Learning Activity Regarding Research Methodology and Fragility Fractures in a Sample of Nurses: Evidence from Greece.

Background: Continuous education is crucial to improve nurses' knowledge and keep them update to new information. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an e-learning activity regarding research methodology and fragility fractures in a sample of nurses. Moreover, we investigated the impact of demogra...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 553 - 560
Autores principales: Galanis, Petros, Katsiroumpa, Aglaia, Moisoglou, Ioannis, Nikiforou, Areti, Kothonas, Konstantinos, Athanasopoulou, Katerina, Gallos, Parisis, Panagiotopoulos, Elias
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Publicado: International Journal of Caring Sciences Jan-Apr2024
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          Galanis, Petros
          Katsiroumpa, Aglaia
          Moisoglou, Ioannis
          Nikiforou, Areti
          Kothonas, Konstantinos
          Athanasopoulou, Katerina
          Gallos, Parisis
          Panagiotopoulos, Elias
        affil: Assistant Professor, Clinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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          Online Education
          Education, Nursing, Continuing
          Outcomes of Education Evaluation
          Fractures Education
          Nursing Knowledge Evaluation
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Research Methodology Education
          Convenience Sample
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Questionnaires
          Descriptive Statistics
          Adult
          Job Experience
          McNemar's Test
          T-Tests
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Data Analysis Software
          Adolescence
          Middle Age
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Background: Continuous education is crucial to improve nurses' knowledge and keep them update to new information. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an e-learning activity regarding research methodology and fragility fractures in a sample of nurses. Moreover, we investigated the impact of demographic characteristics on knowledge level of nurses. Methods: We conducted a before-after study with a convenience sample of nurses working in different clinical settings. We conducted an e-learning activity regarding research methodology and fragility fractures. We developed 10 questions to assess the knowledge level of nurses before and after the e-learning activity. We created an online form of the questionnaire with Google forms. Our nurses completed the study questionnaire before and after the e-learning activity to assess differences in their knowledge. Additionally, we measured overall evaluation, material evaluation, and educators' evaluation in a scale from 0 to 10 with higher values indicating higher levels of evaluation. Results: Study population included 93 nurses. Among our sample, 86% (n=80) were females and 14% (n=13) were males. Mean age of nurses was 37.1 years, while mean years of experience was 13.6. Percentage of correct answers was improved after the e-learning activity for all questions. Moreover, we found a statistically significant improvement in eight questions (p<0.05) and a marginal statistically significant improvement in two questions (p<0.10). Mean knowledge score before the e-learning activity was 5.5, while after the e-learning activity improved to 7.6 (p<0.001). Conclusions: Effectiveness of the e-learning activity was very high, since nurses improved their knowledge in all fields. Continuous education is essential for nurses to improve their knowledge and thus provide high quality of healthcare especially in fragility fracture patients.
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