MHealth guideline training for non-communicable diseases in primary care facilities in Nigeria: a mixed methods pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To pilot the use of a scalable innovative mobile health (mHealth) non-communicable diseases (NCDs) training application for nurses at the primary care level.

Design

Mixed methods pilot of mHealth training on NCD care for nurses at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities. We provide a descriptive analysis of mHealth training test scores, with trend analysis of blood pressure (BP) control using paired t-test for quantitative data and thematic analysis for qualitative data.

Setting

PHC facilities in rural and urban communities in Cross River State, south eastern Nigeria. NCDs were not part of routine training previously. As in most low-and-middle-income settings, funding for scale-up using conventional classroom in-service training for NCDs is not available in Nige

SUBMITTER: Otu AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422821 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature