Developing guidelines for nursing management of epilepsy in Ghanaian schools

Developing guidelines for nursing management of epilepsy in Ghanaian schools | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Study protocol Developing guidelines for nursing management of epilepsy in Ghanaian schools Seth Selassie Dzah, Ronell Leech, Anna Van der Wath This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4450222/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 14 Oct, 2024 Read the published version in BMC Neurology → Version 1 posted 4 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Background The absence of guidelines for the nursing management of individuals living with epilepsy, who are students in Ghana, has resulted in the high dropout rates of such students. It is our hope, that in the near future, these individuals living with epilepsy will receive the needed attention, experience less stigmatization and discrimination. This, we expect, will result in better retention of such students in schools, improved academic performance and successful graduation. To achieve this, there is the need to develop appropriate guidelines and implement same for their benefit. In line with this, the study aims to develop guidelines for nurses to manage individuals living with epilepsy in Ghanaian schools. Methodology Qualitative approach will be adopted to conduct this study in two phases. In the first phase, a case study design will be deployed in the Twifo/Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region of Ghana. The case is the nursing management of individuals living with epilepsy within the school context, and the sources of information will be the general nurses, psychiatric, or community psychiatric nurses working at the schools. Within the context of the case, parents or guardians of individuals living with epilepsy in the schools as well as their teachers will be included in the study. Data will be collected through individual interviews for nurses and parents while focus group discussions will be used for the teachers. Thematic analysis will be used to analyze the data. In the second phase, guidelines will be developed using the e-Delphi Technique. The study will be piloted in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. Ethics approval for this study has been obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Additionally, Administrative approvals have been obtained from the Ghana Education Service. Discussion The guidelines developed will form the basis for nursing management of individuals living with epilepsy in Ghanaian schools. This will help to improve educational outcomes for the individuals living with epilepsy. Epilepsy Ghanaian schools management guidelines nursing management Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 14 Oct, 2024 Read the published version in BMC Neurology → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 28 May, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 23 May, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 23 May, 2024 First submitted to journal 20 May, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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