TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of a ‘COVID Nurse Assistant’ application on patient satisfaction in COVID isolation rooms
AU - Ningrum, Evi Harwiati
AU - Kartika, Annisa Wuri
AU - Wibisono, Ahmad Hasyim
AU - Rahmawati, Ike Nesdia
AU - Noviyanti, Linda Wieke
AU - Ahsan, Ahsan
AU - Putra, Kuswantoro Rusca
AU - Setyawan, Ungky Agus
AU - Andayani, Lusia Titik
AU - Widayanti, Ririn
AU - Purnanto, Arif Jati
AU - Subroto, Gatot
AU - Laili, Nurul
AU - Anderson, Judith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© the Author(s), 2023.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - 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 inef-fective 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 respec-tively. 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 technolo-gy in patient education.
AB - 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 inef-fective 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 respec-tively. 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 technolo-gy in patient education.
KW - COVID nurse assistant
KW - COVID-19
KW - patient education
KW - patient satisfaction
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U2 - 10.4081/hls.2023.11168
DO - 10.4081/hls.2023.11168
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85162045677
SN - 2281-7824
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings
JF - Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings
IS - S1
M1 - 11168
ER -