Efficacy of Educational Program Based on Protection Motivation Theory on Preventive Behavior of Radiation among Hospital Nurses
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Efficacy, Educational Program, Protection Motivation Theory, Preventive Behavior, Radiation, Nurses
Abstract
Background: Radiological examinations for patients who are hospitalized at hospitals’ units are usually performed using portable radiography devices .However, they may require knowledge and safety precautions of nurses. Ionizing radiation has been increasingly used during the past decades for diagnosing and treating different medical conditions.
Objective: The study aims to investigate nurses’ knowledge of radiation safety and their behaviors toward radiation protection, as well as determine the efficacy of an educational intervention in enhancing their protective behavior.
Methodology: From September 20, 2024, until January 25, 2025, a randomized controlled trial is carried out in a true experimental design to assess the degree to which nurses' behaviors regarding radiation safety precautions are improved by an educational program-based intervention. Nurses from five radiation-exposed hospitals participated in the study in two groups, intervention and control, utilizing a pretest-posttest design (three study and two control by random allocation). Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program for Windows (Version 26) is used for data analysis. The Descriptive Statistical Data Analysis Approach and the Fisher Exact Test for Equality of Variances are the two methods used for the data analysis.
Results: According to the results, the overall mean score of nurses' radiation protection behavior before the program was fair (3.23), improved to good (4,58) after the intervention, and remained good (4,35) in the secondary test.
Conclusions: Before the educational program, nurses exhibited moderate radiation protection behavior. The program led to significant improvements, raising their behavior to a good level. In Post2-intervention, nurses maintained these improved behaviors, signifying a lasting positive change in radiation safety practices.
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