ABSTRACT

Background: Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism has different causes, singes and symptom, and expected treatments. Appropriate therapy needs an accurate diagnosis and is affected by coexisting medical conditions and patient preference.

Aim: Effectiveness of an educational program on nurses' knowledge concerning early detection of hypothyroidism/ hyperthyroidism in Baghdad Teaching Hospitals and to find out a relationship between nurses knowledge with demographic variables.

Methodology: Quasi-experimental design Non-equivalent Control Group Design was conducted in the period of October 2019 to March 2021. The sample consisted of (60) nurses who were systematically selected one by one. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS version 22.0.

Results: The majority of the sample was female for study and control groups, (30.0% and 36.3%) respectively at age group (20-25,26-30) for study group and (26-30) for the control group. Regarding marital status both study and control groups have the highest percentage of married participants (60.0%, 53.3%). The half (50%) of study group’s participants were graduated from diploma education level also high percentage (50.0%) of the control group was graduated from nursing school education level. The high percent of both groups were experience of years for study and control groups (65.6 %, 63.3%). Regarding training course both study and control groups have the highest percentage of training (83.3%, 70.0%).

Conclusions: Findings of study demonstrate that, a highly significant difference was found between the study group nurses pre and post application of the educational program.

Keywords: Knowledge, early detection, nurses, Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism