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WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated support for continued learning in frontline practitioners through online digital mediums that are convenient and fast to maintain physical distancing. Nurses are already neglected professionals for support in training for infection control, leadership, and comm...

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Autores principales: Jafree, Sara Rizvi, Zakar, Rubeena, Rafiq, Nasim, Javed, Ambreen, Durrani, Rana Rubab, Burhan, Syeda Khadija, Hasnain Nadir, Syed Mujtaba, Ali, Fatima, Shahid, Aimen, Momina, Ain ul, Wrona, Kamil J., Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid, Fischer, Florian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8885589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35242728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.739761
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author Jafree, Sara Rizvi
Zakar, Rubeena
Rafiq, Nasim
Javed, Ambreen
Durrani, Rana Rubab
Burhan, Syeda Khadija
Hasnain Nadir, Syed Mujtaba
Ali, Fatima
Shahid, Aimen
Momina, Ain ul
Wrona, Kamil J.
Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid
Fischer, Florian
author_facet Jafree, Sara Rizvi
Zakar, Rubeena
Rafiq, Nasim
Javed, Ambreen
Durrani, Rana Rubab
Burhan, Syeda Khadija
Hasnain Nadir, Syed Mujtaba
Ali, Fatima
Shahid, Aimen
Momina, Ain ul
Wrona, Kamil J.
Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid
Fischer, Florian
author_sort Jafree, Sara Rizvi
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated support for continued learning in frontline practitioners through online digital mediums that are convenient and fast to maintain physical distancing. Nurses are already neglected professionals for support in training for infection control, leadership, and communication in Pakistan and other developing countries. For that reason, we aimed to deliver a WhatsApp-based intervention for continued learning in nurses who are currently working in both private and public sector. A 12-week intervention was delivered to 208 nurses (102 in the control group and 106 in the intervention group) who had been employed in the clinical setting during data collection. The analysis reveals that nurses in the intervention group show significantly better results for learning in “infection prevention and control” and “leadership and communication.” Results of a content analysis based on participant's feedback also confirm that the WhatsApp-based intervention is a valuable tool for education. This study highlights the effectiveness of online-based digital interventions as a convenient training tool for awareness and management of infectious diseases, leadership, and communication during COVID-19 and beyond. Furthermore, this study emphasizes that group interventions with other healthcare practitioners and the role of on-going longer WhatsApp-based interventions can become integral tools to support continued learning and patient safety practices.
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spelling pubmed-88855892022-03-02 WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial Jafree, Sara Rizvi Zakar, Rubeena Rafiq, Nasim Javed, Ambreen Durrani, Rana Rubab Burhan, Syeda Khadija Hasnain Nadir, Syed Mujtaba Ali, Fatima Shahid, Aimen Momina, Ain ul Wrona, Kamil J. Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid Fischer, Florian Front Public Health Public Health The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated support for continued learning in frontline practitioners through online digital mediums that are convenient and fast to maintain physical distancing. Nurses are already neglected professionals for support in training for infection control, leadership, and communication in Pakistan and other developing countries. For that reason, we aimed to deliver a WhatsApp-based intervention for continued learning in nurses who are currently working in both private and public sector. A 12-week intervention was delivered to 208 nurses (102 in the control group and 106 in the intervention group) who had been employed in the clinical setting during data collection. The analysis reveals that nurses in the intervention group show significantly better results for learning in “infection prevention and control” and “leadership and communication.” Results of a content analysis based on participant's feedback also confirm that the WhatsApp-based intervention is a valuable tool for education. This study highlights the effectiveness of online-based digital interventions as a convenient training tool for awareness and management of infectious diseases, leadership, and communication during COVID-19 and beyond. Furthermore, this study emphasizes that group interventions with other healthcare practitioners and the role of on-going longer WhatsApp-based interventions can become integral tools to support continued learning and patient safety practices. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8885589/ /pubmed/35242728 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.739761 Text en Copyright © 2022 Jafree, Zakar, Rafiq, Javed, Durrani, Burhan, Hasnain Nadir, Ali, Shahid, Momina, Wrona, Mahmood and Fischer. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Jafree, Sara Rizvi
Zakar, Rubeena
Rafiq, Nasim
Javed, Ambreen
Durrani, Rana Rubab
Burhan, Syeda Khadija
Hasnain Nadir, Syed Mujtaba
Ali, Fatima
Shahid, Aimen
Momina, Ain ul
Wrona, Kamil J.
Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid
Fischer, Florian
WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial
title WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial
title_full WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial
title_fullStr WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial
title_full_unstemmed WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial
title_short WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial
title_sort whatsapp-delivered intervention for continued learning for nurses in pakistan during the covid-19 pandemic: results of a randomized-controlled trial
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8885589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35242728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.739761
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