Week 7: Recommendation for an Evidence-Based Practice Change PowerPoint Presentation

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Hornik, R., Kikut, A., Jesch, E., Woko, C., Siegel, L., & Kim, K. (2021). Association of COVID-19 misinformation with face mask wearing and social distancing in a nationally representative US sample. Health communication, 36(1), 6-14.

Purpose

The study was aimed at assessing how misinformation on face mask wearing and social distancing affected the adherence of people to the measures put in place

Evidence Type

What is the association of misinformation of wearing face mask and social distancing in U.S and adherence

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

The study was conducted in Home environment in the united states where it involved 1074 adults.

Data Collection

An online survey was conducted where the participants were asked various questions regarding Covid 19 behaviors such as social distancing and faces mask wearing

Study Findings

It was found that the wearing of face masks varied depending on the behavior. Social distance was observed outside but it was not adhered at homes. There was however an increase in observance of these measures

Limitations (State why the limitations)

One is not able to control the setting where the data is collected using online study.

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This study is crucial in supporting my PICCOT question since it illustrates the significance of offering education to the people regarding the significance of these measures to help fight the pandemic. Similarly, the study illustrates it is important that more education on these measures is done. This study illustrate that although there is an increase in adherence of these measures, there is still a great importance of educating people on why this should also be done in our homes

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Gray, D. J., Kurscheid, J., Mationg, M. L., Williams, G. M., Gordon, C., Kelly, M., ... & McManus, D. P. (2020). Health-education to prevent COVID-19 in schoolchildren: a call to action. Infectious diseases of poverty, 9(1), 1-3.

Purpose

This study was aimed at assessing whether the TV programs such as cartoons can help in passing Covid 19 prevention messages among the children

Evidence Type

This is a qualitative research since it does not use numerical data in the result analysis

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

The study was done on school going children in the home environment. the exact sample size is however not given.

Data Collection

The intervention was trying to inform children on the transmission of disease. This was done by using cartoon concepts

Study Findings

This study illustrated that cartoon concepts allows the children to identify with characters and this reinforces the need of good hygiene

Limitations (State why the limitations)

Study has not illustrated the sample size. It is therefore not possible to tell whether the study used a small or a big sample size.

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This study is very significant in supporting my PICCOT since it illustrates the significance of education on trying to decrease the spread of this virus in the society Education is very significant in helping curb the spread of Covid 19. This study illustrates the significance of hygiene especially on the children I trying to prevent the virus. This should be done even to the children so that they are aware of the dangers and how to keep themselves safe

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Li, T., Liu, Y., Li, M., Qian, X., & Dai, S. Y. (2020). Mask or no mask for COVID-19: A public health and market study. PloS one, 15(8), e0237691.

Purpose

This study was aimed at assessing whether the use of face masks is capable of delaying an influenza pandemic.

Evidence Type

This is a simulated qualitative study

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

The study was conducted on Closed settings (household and aircraft). the number of people involved in the study is not given

Data Collection

The study used equation in predicting the basic reproduction number.

B is the risk of transmission per contact and k the contact rate ad d the duration of infectivity

Study Findings

The research found out that wearing mask since the masks had a considerable promise of containing the pandemic.

Limitations

The sample size is not given. it is therefore difficult predicting the biasness of the study.

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This article has a direct support in my project since it elaborates the ways that mask wearing as a protective measure can help in mitigating the spread of the Virus. this study is relevant to the advanced nursing because it illustrates the effects of the mask utilization in public spaces to combat COVID 19 pandemic

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Teslya, A., Pham, T. M., Godijk, N. G., Kretzschmar, M. E., Bootsma, M. C., & Rozhnova, G. (2020). Impact of self-imposed prevention measures and short-term government-imposed social distancing on mitigating and delaying a COVID-19 epidemic: A modelling study. PLoS medicine, 17(7), e1003166.

Purpose

The study compared the effectiveness of the various prevention measures and their effects on fighting Covid. the study therefore was assessing whether the prevention measures imposed by the government and social distancing mitigate or delay covid 19.

Evidence Type

This is a qualitative study because it uses non numerical data in

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

The study was conducted in Hospitals, long term care facilities and nursing homes. The sample size is not provided.

Data Collection

The researchers developed a deterministic compartment model to describe SARS-CoV-2. The patients were classified basing of their susceptibility and transmission observed

Study Findings

Using self imposed measures and government imposed measures will help this community to reduce the virus

Limitations (State why the limitations)

The study has not provided the inclusion and exclusion criteria as well as the numbers of the sample size.

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This article directly supports the PICOT as it highlight measures that can help in reducing COVID 19. The study is very important in the advanced nursing study because it illustrates some of the measures that are required to be undertaken in order to ensure that the virus is prevented.

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Chiu, N. C., Chi, H., Tai, Y. L., Peng, C. C., Tseng, C. Y., Chen, C. C., ... & Lin, C. Y. (2020). Impact of wearing masks, hand hygiene, and social distancing on influenza, enterovirus, and all-cause pneumonia during the coronavirus pandemic: Retrospective national epidemiological surveillance study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(8), e21257.

Purpose

This study was aimed at investigating the impact of the implemented infectious control strategies

Evidence Type

This is a qualitative study because it uses non numerical data in analyzing the study results

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

No sample size is provided in this study

Data Collection

The study used Taiwan National infectious Disease electronic database statistics. the authors then extracted COVID 19 incidences and all al- cause pneumonia and compared these incidences

Study Findings

It was found that the control measures that have been implemented have greatly played a big role in helping control the pandemic.

Limitations

Lack of the sample size makes it hard to assess the biasness of the study

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This study is very significant in supporting my PICOT since it shows the role that the various measures that have been put in place can help not only in reducing the spread of Covid 19 but also other respiratory disease. s significant in the field of nursing since it shows that the study wearing of masks social distancing and hand hygiene may help a lot in the prevention of covid 19 and also decrease the spread of other respiratory disease

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Bundgaard, H., Bundgaard, J. S., Raaschou-Pedersen, D. E. T., von Buchwald, C., Todsen, T., Norsk, J. B., ... & Iversen, K. (2020). Effectiveness of adding a mask recommendation to other public health measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in Danish mask wearers: a randomized controlled trial. Annals of Internal Medicine

Purpose

This study was aimed at assessing whether surgical mask recommendation use outside home decreases the risk of Covid 19

Evidence Type

This is a qualitative study

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

This study was done in the home setting where it involved 3030 adult participants.

Data Collection

The participants were enrolled and data was registered using REDCap software. Patients who were eligible were assigned masks.

Study Findings

It was observed that most infections came from outside the home setting.

Limitations

The study has not provided the inclusion and exclusion criteria

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This article highlights some of the measures that can help in checking the spread of this Virus and therefore it is directly related to my PICOT question. This study is very significant in this field of nursing because it indicated that wearing mask outside the home setting was very important as it helped in checking the spread of the virus. Education can therefore be done to the public to illustrate the significance of the put measures.

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Chen, X., Ran, L., Liu, Q., Hu, Q., Du, X., & Tan, X. (2020). Hand hygiene, mask-wearing behaviors and its associated factors during the COVID-19 epidemic: A cross-sectional study among primary school students in Wuhan, China. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(8), 2893. IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Hand Hygiene, Mask-Wearing Behaviors and Its Associated Factors during the COVID-19 Epidemic

Purpose

This study was aimed at assessing the behaviors of wearing masks and hand washing among the primary school children

Evidence Type

Cross sectional and quantitative study

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

The study was conducted in Primary schools

And it involved 9145 students.

Data Collection

Children were given questionnaires that contained social demographic characteristics, hand hygiene and mask wearing behaviors trying to assess the perspectives of the learners on these behaviors.

Study Findings

Hand hygiene was considered very important by the children. However, girls were more cautious about the hand hygiene than boys.

Limitations

This study is that it did not highlight the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the participants.

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This study is significant because it illustrates the knowledge that people has on some of the measures that are put forward to prevent Covid 19 and the importance of educating people on the same . Hand hygiene is one of the most important protective measures against many diseases. it is therefore important that learners are more educated on its importance to limit the spread of the virus

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Wang, Y., Tian, H., Zhang, L., Zhang, M., Guo, D., Wu, W., ... & MacIntyre, C. R. (2020). Reduction of secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in households by face mask use, disinfection and social distancing: a cohort study in Beijing, China. BMJ global health, 5(5), e002794

Purpose

This study was aimed at observing whether social distancing, hand washing and community mask wearing can reduce the spread of Covid 19 Virus

Evidence Type

This is a qualitative study

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

This study involved 335 people in 124 families

Data Collection

The researchers analyzed household hygiene practices and Family contacts and as a secondary transmission predictor

Study Findings

The research found out that social distancing, masks, and disinfection are very effective in the prevention of Covid 19.

Limitations

This study is that the study was done in the family setting, making it hard implementing the results in other settings.

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This study article is very significant because it elaborates what a community can do to prevent the spread of the virus amongst themselves. This study has highlighted some of the various interventions that can help in reducing the spread of Covid. These measures should be implement fully in the society

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Courtemanche, C., Garuccio, J., Le, A., Pinkston, J., & Yelowitz, A. (2020). Strong Social Distancing Measures In The United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate: Study evaluates the impact of social distancing measures on the growth rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the United States. Health Affairs, 10-1377.

Purpose

This study was aimed at evaluating the impact of some of the measures that have been put by the government in helping contain the Covid 19 virus.

Evidence Type

This is a qualitative study that used event study design

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

The study has not highlighted the sample size

Data Collection

The event study collected data from the united state counties between march and April 2020

Study Findings

The study found out that social distancing measures drastically reduced the daily growth rate of the confirmed cases by between 5-10%.

Limitations

This study has not exactly highlighted where the data was collected thus increasing the probability of biasness.

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

The study highlights the significance of some of the measures that have imposed by the government. Therefore, this study helps the field of nursing in understanding some of the measures and their rate of efficiency.

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Mankar, S. D., Jadhav, R. S., & Gaikwad, K. (2020). Corona Viruses-Current Knowledge-A Review. Research Journal of Science and Technology, 12(2), 163-166.

Purpose

This is a study review that was aimed at establishing the current knowledge on corona virus through highlighting the recent and the previous knowledge

Evidence Type

Sample, Sample Size, and Setting

Data Collection

The authors compared the recent knowledge with the previous knowledge to help understand the progress that has been made so far.

Study Findings

This study found out that CoVs is a very large groups of virus that is responsible in causing severe respiratory infections. it is however important noting that with no cure, the prevention measures are given the first priority.

Limitations

The study has not highlighted the sample size

Relevance to the PICOT and Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice

This study is important because it helps in illustrating the significance of some of the containment measures that are put forward in helping prevent this virus.