The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation rooms

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major shift in the healthcare delivery system. With the limited personal protection equipment and a nursing service shortage caused ineffective nursing care delivered to COVID-19 patients. Wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) hinders nurs...

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Main Authors: Evi Harwiati Ningrum, Annisa Wuri Kartika, Ahmad Hasyim Wibisono, Ike Nesdia Rahmawati, Linda Wieke Noviyanti, Ahsan Ahsan, Kuswantoro Rusca Putra, Ungky Agus Setyawan, Lusia Titik Andayani, Ririn Widayanti, Arif Jati Purnanto, Gatot Subroto, Nurul Laili, Judith Anderson
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Published: PAGEPress Publications 2023-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/hls/article/view/11168
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author Evi Harwiati Ningrum
Annisa Wuri Kartika
Ahmad Hasyim Wibisono
Ike Nesdia Rahmawati
Linda Wieke Noviyanti
Ahsan Ahsan
Kuswantoro Rusca Putra
Ungky Agus Setyawan
Lusia Titik Andayani
Ririn Widayanti
Arif Jati Purnanto
Gatot Subroto
Nurul Laili
Judith Anderson
author_facet Evi Harwiati Ningrum
Annisa Wuri Kartika
Ahmad Hasyim Wibisono
Ike Nesdia Rahmawati
Linda Wieke Noviyanti
Ahsan Ahsan
Kuswantoro Rusca Putra
Ungky Agus Setyawan
Lusia Titik Andayani
Ririn Widayanti
Arif Jati Purnanto
Gatot Subroto
Nurul Laili
Judith Anderson
author_sort Evi Harwiati Ningrum
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description Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major shift in the healthcare delivery system. With the limited personal protection equipment and a nursing service shortage caused ineffective nursing care delivered to COVID-19 patients. Wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) hinders nurse-patients communication and inhibiting the achievement of treatment goals. This study aims to examine the effect of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ (CNA) application on patient satisfaction in COVID-19 isolation rooms. Design and Methods: This was a comparative study with an experimental and control group design. The participants were patients confirmed positive with COVID-19 receiving care in an isolation room for at least three days and were fully conscious. The intervention used was accessing health information related to COVID-19 through a mobile-friendly application namely-‘COVID Nurse Assistant’. The instrument used was the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ-18) translated into Bahasa Indonesia. In addition, an independent t-Test was used to perform statistical analysis. Results and Discussions: A total 158 respondents completed the online survey among of 219 eligible patients (72% response rate). The score in the general and financial satisfaction sub-scales reported by patients in the experimental group were significantly different from the control with p-values of 0.032 and 0.018 respectively. However, other subscales were not significantly different between the two groups. Conclusions: The implementation of the CNA online application has noteworthy implications on patient satisfaction. However, further studies examining similar system in different clinical areas would provide better information for the optimal use of technology in patient education.  
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spelling doaj.art-27d55c1df73e40c0871540902951c3ad2024-08-03T14:47:16ZengPAGEPress PublicationsHealthcare in Low-resource Settings2281-78242023-02-0111s110.4081/hls.2023.11168The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation roomsEvi Harwiati Ningrum0Annisa Wuri Kartika1Ahmad Hasyim Wibisono2Ike Nesdia Rahmawati3Linda Wieke Noviyanti4Ahsan Ahsan5Kuswantoro Rusca Putra6Ungky Agus Setyawan7Lusia Titik Andayani8Ririn Widayanti9Arif Jati Purnanto10Gatot Subroto11Nurul Laili12Judith Anderson13Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas BrawijayaDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas BrawijayaSpecialist Pulmonology Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya; Dr. Saiful Anwar General Hospital, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya; Dr. Saiful Anwar General Hospital, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya; Dr. Saiful Anwar General Hospital, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya; Dr. Saiful Anwar General Hospital, MalangDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya; Dr. Saiful Anwar General Hospital, MalangCharles Sturt University, Bathurst Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major shift in the healthcare delivery system. With the limited personal protection equipment and a nursing service shortage caused ineffective nursing care delivered to COVID-19 patients. Wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) hinders nurse-patients communication and inhibiting the achievement of treatment goals. This study aims to examine the effect of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ (CNA) application on patient satisfaction in COVID-19 isolation rooms. Design and Methods: This was a comparative study with an experimental and control group design. The participants were patients confirmed positive with COVID-19 receiving care in an isolation room for at least three days and were fully conscious. The intervention used was accessing health information related to COVID-19 through a mobile-friendly application namely-‘COVID Nurse Assistant’. The instrument used was the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ-18) translated into Bahasa Indonesia. In addition, an independent t-Test was used to perform statistical analysis. Results and Discussions: A total 158 respondents completed the online survey among of 219 eligible patients (72% response rate). The score in the general and financial satisfaction sub-scales reported by patients in the experimental group were significantly different from the control with p-values of 0.032 and 0.018 respectively. However, other subscales were not significantly different between the two groups. Conclusions: The implementation of the CNA online application has noteworthy implications on patient satisfaction. However, further studies examining similar system in different clinical areas would provide better information for the optimal use of technology in patient education.   https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/hls/article/view/11168COVID nurse assistantpatient educationCOVID-19patient satisfaction
spellingShingle Evi Harwiati Ningrum
Annisa Wuri Kartika
Ahmad Hasyim Wibisono
Ike Nesdia Rahmawati
Linda Wieke Noviyanti
Ahsan Ahsan
Kuswantoro Rusca Putra
Ungky Agus Setyawan
Lusia Titik Andayani
Ririn Widayanti
Arif Jati Purnanto
Gatot Subroto
Nurul Laili
Judith Anderson
The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation rooms
Healthcare in Low-resource Settings
COVID nurse assistant
patient education
COVID-19
patient satisfaction
title The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation rooms
title_full The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation rooms
title_fullStr The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation rooms
title_full_unstemmed The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation rooms
title_short The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation rooms
title_sort effects of a covid nurse assistant application on patient satisfaction in covid isolation rooms
topic COVID nurse assistant
patient education
COVID-19
patient satisfaction
url https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/hls/article/view/11168
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