Enhancing patient satisfaction and reducing nurse workload: the impact of multimedia health education in a prospective single-center randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health education is an important part of nursing care. Verbal health education is a common practice in surgical wards, which is time-consuming and laborious. Thus, this study aims to evaluate whether multimedia health education reduces nurses' workload without compromising patient and family satisfaction in a surgical context.

Methods

We conducted a parallel-group, prospective randomized controlled trial at the Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute of Lanzhou University's First Hospital between July 2019 and May 2022. Eligible patients (≥18 years) with general surgical conditions and acceptable for surgery were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive a multi-media health education group or a standard health education group. Randomization was performed by an independent sta

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11880280 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature