Usability and knowledge testing of educational tools about infant vaccination pain management directed to postnatal nurses

BMC Medical Education

Research Article

Anna Taddio¹  Linda S Franck²  Vibhuti Shah³  Moshe Ipp⁴  Rebecca Pillai Riddell⁵  Sarah Smart⁶  Chaitya Parikh⁶  Jane Wang⁷ 

[1] Clinical Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, M5S 3M2, Toronto, ON, Canada;Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, M5G 1X8, Toronto, ON, Canada;Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0606, 2 Koret Way, N411F, 94143, San Francisco, CA, USA;Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, M5G 1X5, Toronto, ON, Canada;Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, M5G 1X8, Toronto, ON, Canada;Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, 4700 Keele Street, M3J 1P3, Toronto, ON, Canada;Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144, College Street, M5S 3M2, Toronto, ON, Canada;Undergraduate Pharmacy Division, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, M5S 3M2, Toronto, ON, Canada;

关键词: Infant;    Vaccination;    Pain management;    Medical education;    Knowledge translation;    Postnatal nurse;    Parent education;    Implementation science;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-015-0305-6

 received in 2013-12-16, accepted in 2015-02-05,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAdapting educational tools to meet user needs is a critical aspect of translating research evidence into best clinical practices. The objectives of this study were to evaluate usability and effectiveness of educational tools about infant vaccination pain management directed to postnatal nurses.MethodsMixed methods design. A template pamphlet and video included in a published clinical practice guideline were subjected to heuristic usability evaluation and then the revised tools were reviewed by postnatal hospital nurses in three rounds of interviews involving 8 to 12 nurses per round. Nurses’ knowledge about evidence-based pain management interventions was evaluated at three time points: baseline, after pamphlet review, and after video review.ResultsOf 32 eligible postnatal nurses, 29 agreed to participation and data were available for 28. Three overarching themes were identified in the interviews: 1) utility of information, 2) access to information, and 3) process for infant procedures. Nurses’ knowledge improved significantly (p < 0.05) from the baseline phase to the pamphlet review phase, and again from the pamphlet review phase to the video review phase.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated usability and knowledge uptake from a nurse-directed educational pamphlet and video about managing infant vaccination pain. Future studies are needed to determine the impact of implementing these educational tools in the postnatal hospital setting on parental utilization of analgesic interventions during infant hospitalization and future infant vaccinations.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Taddio et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015