Teaching and learning strategies in Home Enteral Nutritional Therapy: Knowledge gains perceived by caregivers.
Maria Gabriela Afonso, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Amanda Adabo Gastaldi and 3 others
PMID 36995858WHAT IT FOUND
After a common multiprofessional lecture plus either a booklet or simulated training, caregivers scored higher on a 20-item home tube-feeding quiz.
The two follow-up options did not differ.
Key findings
01Mean correct answers on the 20-item quiz were 10.27 before teaching, 17.87 after the lecture and 19.47 after the follow-up intervention.
02The educational booklet and simulated-training groups did not differ in total knowledge gain.
03In the total group of 30, 11 participants rated themselves motivated, 9 self-confident and 11 secure after the interventions.
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What it does not show
The authors note limitations include the study sample, regionalization and non-validated evaluative questionnaires. Only 30 of 62 invited caregivers completed all stages, and they came from one hospital. There was no follow-up of tube complications or readmissions after the educational strategies. All caregivers received the lecture before the booklet or simulation, so the study cannot separate the contribution of the lecture from the follow-up strategies. The self-perception outcomes were descriptive and used an author-developed instrument.
Declared interests
The work was supported by FAPESP, Grant # 2019/15536-0. The supplied text does not report a separate conflict-of-interest disclosure.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that simulated skills training is better than the educational booklet. The two groups did not differ in knowledge gain, and the study did not follow patients for complications or readmissions.