TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge of depression and application to practice
T2 - A program evaluation
AU - Badger, Terry A.
AU - Dumas, Robert
AU - Kwan, Tinna
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 20 August 1993; accepted 31 May 1995. Funding for this project was provided by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (lT15MH19778) to Terry A. Badger. The authors thank Dr. Anne Woodtli, Associate Dean for Service and Extended College, for her support throughout the project and for her comments on earlier drafts of this article. Address correspondence to Terry A. Badger, PhD, RN, CS, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, A2 85721, USA.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The purposes of this program were to determine whether participants gained more comprehensive knowledge about depression and if that knowledge was applied in practice following attendance at a 3-day educational workshop. Twelve programs were conducted in three southwestern states. The majority of the 363 participants were Anglo-White female registered nurses whose ages ranged from 23 to 74 years and who worked in general medical-surgical units, nursing homes, or community health settings. This study was a repeated-measures design to evaluate the effects of depression education on depression knowledge and its clinical application. Participants demonstrated increased depression knowledge and practice application following the program. Knowledge of depression remained stable across postprogram measures. Although application of interventions decreased between 6 weeks and 6 months, assessment skills remained stable. Mental health nurses can improve patient outcomes through programs such as the one described by educating nurses in the detection and management of depression.
AB - The purposes of this program were to determine whether participants gained more comprehensive knowledge about depression and if that knowledge was applied in practice following attendance at a 3-day educational workshop. Twelve programs were conducted in three southwestern states. The majority of the 363 participants were Anglo-White female registered nurses whose ages ranged from 23 to 74 years and who worked in general medical-surgical units, nursing homes, or community health settings. This study was a repeated-measures design to evaluate the effects of depression education on depression knowledge and its clinical application. Participants demonstrated increased depression knowledge and practice application following the program. Knowledge of depression remained stable across postprogram measures. Although application of interventions decreased between 6 weeks and 6 months, assessment skills remained stable. Mental health nurses can improve patient outcomes through programs such as the one described by educating nurses in the detection and management of depression.
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U2 - 10.3109/01612849609034999
DO - 10.3109/01612849609034999
M3 - Article
C2 - 8707537
AN - SCOPUS:0030103178
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 17
SP - 93
EP - 109
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
IS - 2
ER -