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A quality assessment of inflammatory bowel disease nursing care in Finland: a nationwide cross-sectional descriptive study.

A quality assessment of inflammatory bowel disease nursing care in Finland: a nationwide cross-sectional descriptive study.

Authors :
Nurmi, Ellinoora
Rantanen, Anja
Paavilainen, Eija
Haapamäki, Johanna
Helminen, Mika
Source :
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology; 2024, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p164-168, 5p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) nursing has been identified as a crucial component in the IBD service delivery. This article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of IBD nursing care in Finland, and to identify areas that would benefit from further research. Tertiary IBD outpatient clinics nationwide were invited to participate in a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted using an electronic survey. The quality of IBD nursing services was assessed using the Nursing Care Quality in IBD (NCQ-IBD) evaluation tool. Of the 34 identified clinics, 27 participated (79.4%) in the study. The NCQ-IBD tool classifies the clinics in four categories, where A indicates the highest level of quality, and D the lowest. In this study, 26 clinics (96.3%) were classified at level C, and one clinic (3.7%) at level D. Nursing responsibilities in IBD management and informing the patients were at a high level of quality, whereas nursing research in IBD was at a low level. An IBD database (i.e. clinical IBD registry) was in use only in 10 clinics. Although training in the clinical aspects of IBD was readily available, there was a lack of training plans for IBD, and clinics seldom held an annual review of the IBD nursing activities and outcomes. There were very few clinics using structured indices and questionnaires, and only 16 clinics (59.3%) applied a written IBD protocol. In the Finnish IBD nursing service, as measured with the NCQ-IBD tool, several areas for future improvement were identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00365521
Volume :
59
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
175141474
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2023.2276654