Self- Enhancement Educational Program for Health Practices among Patients with Fibromyalgia

El-afandy, Aliaa Mohammed Othman; Abd Elmouty, Samia M.; Ahmed, Fatma Bdel Halim Mostafa

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2024.367618

Self- Enhancement Educational Program for Health Practices among Patients with Fibromyalgia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt.

² Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

³ Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2024.367618

Abstract

Background: Fibromyalgia is a complex chronic condition that imposes a heavy burden on the
self-enhancement and management abilities of the patient. Therefore, patient education is
regarded as a crucial element of multimodal therapy. The aim of the study was to determine
the effect of self- enhancement educational program for health practices among patients with
fibromyalgia. A quasi-experimental research design was employed for this study, which took
place at the Rheumatology and Immunology outpatient clinic at Mansoura University Hospital
in Egypt. A purposive sample of 85 patients with fibromyalgia represented the study
participants. Three tools were used in data collection; Tool 1: A structured interview; Part 1:
socio-demographic data and Part 2: Fibromyalgia Knowledge Questionnaire (FKQ), Tool 2:
The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Self-administered Questionnaire (FIQR) and Tool 3: Self -
Rated Abilities for Health Practices Scale (SRAHP). Results illustrated that the self-
enhancement educational program had positive effects on patients' knowledge level (4.22±4.75
to 15.21±4.35),, revised fibromyalgia impact (52.30±4.20 to 31.69 ±4.93) and their self-rated
abilities for health practices (43.64±13.82 to 67.05±12.12) compared to pre-applying the
program with P (<0.05). Conclusion There were significant positive correlations between
patients' self-rated abilities for health practices and both their knowledge and their total revised
fibromyalgia impact post applying the self-enhancement educational program at P (<0.05).
Recommendation: Ongoing educational programs may be necessary to sustain improvements
in a revised fibromyalgia impact and self-rated abilities for health practices