The Effectiveness of a Health Literacy Promotion Program for Nurses in Discharge Planning for Stroke Patients at Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen Province.

Abstract

     This quasi-experimental research employed a one-group pretest-posttest design aimed to examine the effectiveness of a health literacy promotion program for nurses in discharge planning for stroke patients. The sample consisted of 30 registered nurses working in the female medical ward at a hospital in Khon Kaen Province, selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected by health literacy assessment, discharge planning information access skills scale, health communication skills scale, self-management skills scale, media literacy skills scale, decision-making skills scale, and discharge planning behavior evaluation form. Paired t-tests were used to analyze the dependent data.

     The results of the study found that knowledge and understanding in discharge planning, skills in accessing information and health services for stroke patients, health communication skills in discharge planning, self-management in discharge planning, media literacy skills in planning, and decision-making skills in discharge planning after the experiment were higher than before the experiment (discharge planning behavior found that providing knowledge about disease (Diagnosis), providing knowledge about medication, providing knowledge about environmental management (Environments & Economics), providing knowledge about treatment (Treatment), providing knowledge about health diseases (Health), providing knowledge about referrals, coming for check-ups (Out patient referral), providing knowledge about appropriate food (Diet), and assessing mental, emotional, social, and depression problems (Psychosocial support) before and after the experiment were significantly different at a statistical level of ρ ˂ .05.