Impact of Education on School Nurses' Knowledge of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Kim ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6346995 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature