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| Paper Title: | Effectiveness of digital innovation of WhatsApp communication to promote positive health behaviour in nurses with back pain. |
| Authors Name: | Loveness A. NKHATA , Yolandi BRINK , Dawn ERNSTZEN , Justin BWALYA , Quinette A. LOUW |
| Unique Id: | IJSDR2307202 |
| Published In: | Volume 8 Issue 7, July-2023 |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Background: The importance of back pain disability is increasing in the field of nursing, as it is believed to be a major cause of decreased work performance, which affects patient safety and their health care outcomes. However, nurses with back pain often use passive methods, such as pain medication and sick leave, to alleviate the effects of back pain. But, these have potential side effects such as addiction and stress on the health system due to absence from work. We assessed the effectiveness of a digital innovation on WhatsApp communication to encourage positive health behaviours among nurses with back pain, aimed at reducing the burden of back pain disability in Zambia. Methods: This was a pre-post-test single sample design. Using SPSS version 27, descriptive analysis of the demographic data was conducted, and the Chi-square analysis was used to examine significant differences between the demographics before and after the campaign. For all analyses, the significance level was set at 0.05. Results: Statistically significant differences were observed in professional work settings (p<0.05). There were no significant differences in the participant’s age, gender and work hours, before and after the campaign (p=0.26). Results on back beliefs revealed that six out of the 14 back belief items had undergone significant positive changes and all secondary outcomes relating to the duration of back pain, sick leave, and doctor visits for back pain significantly improved. Conclusion: The 12-week back pain campaign using WhatsApp messaging encouraged participants to take control of their own pain management through the use of contextualized, evidence-based back pain messages. Some of the back beliefs were significantly altered as a result of the campaign and the use of painkillers and healthcare services for back pain decreased as a result of the increased knowledge about back pain and the resulting changes in beliefs and abilities to self-manage. |
| Keywords: | Key words: Nurses; back pain; digital innovation; WhatsApp; participant activation; self-management |
| Cite Article: | "Effectiveness of digital innovation of WhatsApp communication to promote positive health behaviour in nurses with back pain.", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.1346 - 1357, July-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2307202.pdf |
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| Publication Details: | Published Paper ID: IJSDR2307202 Registration ID:208041 Published In: Volume 8 Issue 7, July-2023 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): Page No: 1346 - 1357 Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org ISSN Number: 2455-2631 |
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