Evaluation of a co-designed Parkinson’s awareness audio podcast for undergraduate nursing students in Northern Ireland

BMC Nursing

Research

David Blake¹  Nuala Campbell¹  Elaine Lyons¹  Susan Carlisle²  Johanna McMullan²  Gillian Carter²  Patrick Stark²  Shannon Copeland²  Sophie Crooks²  Christine Brown Wilson²  Gary Mitchell²  Wai Yee Amy Wong³ 

[1] Parkinson’s UK, Belfast, Northern Ireland;School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern, Ireland;University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School, Norwich, England;

关键词: Parkinson’s Disease;    Podcast;    Education;    Nursing student;    Undergraduate;    Asynchronous;    Co-Design;    Mixed methods;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12912-023-01544-x

 received in 2022-12-15, accepted in 2023-09-28,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundParkinson’s Disease (PD) is a common neurological condition that often causes stiffness, tremor and slow movement. People living with PD are likely to encounter nursing students throughout their journey from pre-diagnosis to death. Despite this, there is a paucity of evidence about current practice in PD education amongst nursing students. The present study provides an evaluation of a co-designed Parkinson’s Awareness audio podcast amongst nursing students in Northern Ireland.MethodsFollowing co-design of an audio podcast about PD, a mixed methods evaluation was carried out. 332 student nurses completed pre-/post-test questionnaires about their knowledge and perceptions of PD before and after listening to the audio podcast. Further to this, 35 student nurses participated in focus-group interviews six months following listening to explore how the podcast influenced practice.ResultsStudent nurses posted a mean score of 52% before listening to the audio podcast. This mean increased to 80% post-test. These findings were statistically significant (p < 0.001), demonstrating significant increases in PD awareness after listening. Findings from the focus groups suggested that the audio podcast improved empathy and practice towards people with PD. The findings also suggested that students perceived audio podcasts to be a good way to learn about PD.ConclusionProvision of a co-designed audio podcast about PD has the potential to improve student nurse knowledge and practice related to PD as evidenced in this study.

【 授权许可】

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© BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2023

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