护士主导的积极移动应用程序,用于医疗复杂性的儿童的症状管理:随机对照试验的研究协议
Winsome Lam1, Zehua Zhao2, Queenie Ps Law1,3
1School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Journal of advanced nursing
|August 9, 2024
概括
这项研究表明,提供护士支持的移动应用程序显著提高了父母在管理医疗复杂性的儿童症状方面的自我效能. 这种干预措施还减少了儿童的症状负担和医疗保健使用.
科学领域:
- 儿科护理 儿科护理
- 医疗卫生技术 技术 技术
- 症状管理 症状管理
背景情况:
- 患有医疗复杂性 (CMC) 的儿童通常需要专门的症状管理.
- 家长的自我效能对于有效的家庭护理至关重要.
- 现有的医疗保健服务在可持续性和可访问性方面面临挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估护士支持的移动应用程序在提高CMC症状管理的家长自我有效性的有效性.
- 评估干预措施对儿童症状负担和医疗服务利用的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个单盲,随机对照试验,重复测量设计.
- 参与者被随机分配到干预组 (移动应用支持) 或对照组 (常规护理).
- 在基线,干预后立即和干预后三个月收集的数据.
主要成果:
- 预计这项干预措施将显著提高家长的自我效能.
- 预计儿童的症状负担将减少.
- 预计医疗服务利用率也将下降.
结论:
- 护士主导的移动应用程序支持可以成功地提高父母在管理CMC症状方面的自我效能.
- 这种方法提高了儿科卫生服务的可用性和可访问性.
- 研究结果将为基于证据的儿科家庭护理提供信息,并为未来的症状管理计划提供信息.
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