Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Dina Abbas Mohamed AbdelRahman Abeer Abdelsalam Ibrahim
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Profession: Participants must be part of the hospital's nursing staff, including assistant nurses, nurses, or head nurses. Workplace Setting: Currently employed at the specialized tertiary hospital in Cairo, Egypt, where the study was conducted. Departmental Assignment: Working in any of the active medical and clinical departments, such as radiology, surgery, internal medicine, chest neurology, or sterilization. Consent and Completion: Willing to provide informed consent at the beginning of the survey and complete the anonymous, structured questionnaire distributed before and after the health education intervention.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Non-Nursing Staff: Healthcare workers or hospital employees who are not part of the nursing workforce (e.g., physicians, administrative staff, technicians). Refusal of Consent: Personnel who declined to provide informed consent at the beginning of the survey. Incomplete Responses: Participants who did not complete both the pre-test and post-test anonymous questionnaires (accounted for as the 6 non-responders/dropouts in the study).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Knowledge Level: Prior to the intervention, 70.9% of the nurses had low knowledge scores. Post-intervention, knowledge significantly improved, with 54.4% of the study group achieving high knowledge scores. Perception of Risk: The baseline mean score for risk perception was $11.8 \pm 2.4$. While overall perception was high (mean 9.91/11 for specific items), it contrasted with lower objective baseline knowledge, highlighting a perception–knowledge gap. Attitude: The baseline mean score for attitude was $35.0 \pm 3.5$. Only 29.1% of the participants demonstrated a high attitude score initially. Practice: The baseline mean score for occupational safety practices was $24.0 \pm 4.2$, with 70.9% of the nurses scoring in the low practice category. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Conversation with Gemini Brief summary describing the background and objectives of trial * Based on the provided study text, here is a brief summary of the trial's background and objectives: Background High Occupational Risks for Nurses: Within the medical profession, nurses make up the largest sector of the healthcare workforce and face a significantly higher frequency of exposure to workplace hazards compared to other healthcare workers. These include mechanical, biological, chemical, physical, and psychosocial hazards. DOCX + 1 Baseline Deficits & The Perception Gap: Prior research shows that nursing staff often suffer from widespread knowledge deficits regarding occupational safety. Additionally, there is a recognized "perception–knowledge gap" where nurses may self-report high overall awareness of general hazards but lack accurate, objective knowledge regarding specific hazard categories or safe practices (such as low compliance with needle stick injury reporting or completing full vaccination courses). DOCX + 1 The Power of Education: According to organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), occupational health education is a core, cost-effective tool for promoting health, preventing workplace diseases, and empowering employees to manage their own safety. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) studies serve as a valuable diagnostic tool to identify these educational gaps and design targeted intervention strategies. DOCX + 1 Objectives Measure Baseline Awareness: To measure and assess the baseline Knowledge, perception of risks, Attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding occupational health hazards and prevention among nursing staff working across various departments in an Egyptian tertiary hospital. DOCX Evaluate Intervention Effectiveness: To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured, lecture-based health education (HE) intervention in improving the nurses' objective knowle | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactAbeer Abdelsalam
Lecturer at Department of Community Environmental and Occupational Medicine Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University
Outcome results
None listed