Effectiveness of case based cultural competency among nurses working in private hospitals of Bangkok, Thailand: A Quasi-experimental study

Abstract

Objectives:To evaluate the effect of case based cultural competency level and its factors affecting on nurse job in two private hospitals of Bangkok, Thailand.Methods:This was a quasi-experimental study implemented the cased-based cultural competent intervention in two private hospitals of Thailand in 2015. One hundred sixty six nurses from two control and intervention private hospitals through simple random selection method were selected for this study. Data was collected at the beginning of study (pre-test), immediately after the intervention and after two months of intervention (post-test). Tool was pretested, validated and piloted before to conduct study.Results:Total 166 nurses were included in this study. The characteristics among the study participants were similar between both hospitals at the baseline and found statistically non-significant (p= > 0.05). However, after the intervention the cultural knowledge, attitude and practice competency score levels have significantly increased among the nurses in the intervention group as compared to control group (p= < 0.05).Conclusion:Study has concluded that an intervention has positively affected on cultural knowledge, practice and attitude competency among nurses working in private hospital of Bangkok Thailand.

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“…Therefore, continuous in-service education can lead to positive outcomes in cultural competency of nurses. As well, the results of a quasi-experimental study conducted by Bunjitpimol et al 26 showed significant differences between the intervention and control groups in terms of cultural knowledge after the intervention and also revealed that continuous training courses are needed for cultural attitude, performance and competence. In the study conducted by Goodman et al to investigate cultural awareness in Iraqi nurses, the results suggested that nurses require training about cultural customs and values of patients 24 ; in the present study, too, nurses' cultural awareness was poor and they require cultural care education.…”

“…As well, the results of a quasi-experimental study conducted by Bunjitpimol et al. 26 showed significant differences between the intervention and control groups in terms of cultural knowledge after the intervention and also revealed that continuous training courses are needed for cultural attitude, performance and competence. In the study conducted by Goodman et al.…”