Effect of Nurse-led Education Intervention on Knowledge about Health-seeking behaviours and Willingness to Prevent Eye Problems among Residents in Ilorin
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2025-09
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Jordan Journal of Nursing Research
Abstract
Background: There is a growing challenge of eye health problems despite availability of
treatments in communities. Purpose: Aimed to examine the effect of nurse-led education
intervention on knowledge about determinants of health seeking-behaviours and
willingness to prevent eye problems in Ilorin-East. Methods: A multi-stage sampling
technique was adopted which included convenient sampling, systematic sampling and
purposive sampling methods to select 220 respondents among residents of Ilorin East Local
Government Area. A researcher designed questionnaire based on research objectives was
used for data collection with a reliability index of 0.70. The questionnaire was administered
before and after interventional sessions and the research questions analyzed using
percentage means and standard deviations, while the three research hypotheses were tested
using paired-sample t-test at 0.05 significance level. Results: Findings showed enhanced
post-intervention percentage mean scores on knowledge about eye problems (86.37%),
determinants of risk factors to eye problem (71.14%) and health-seeking behaviours on
willingness to prevent eye problems (82.18%) as against pre-intervention percentage mean
scores; 62.16%, 58.20%, and 53.29% respectively. Conclusion: The three hypotheses
tested were rejected at α = 0.05. The study concluded that nurse-led eye health education
intervention has a significant impact on knowledge level, determinants of risk factors to
eye problems and health seeking behviours on willingness to practice preventive measures
on eye health problems among residents. It is however recommended, among others, that
there should be an integration of eye health education into primary health care services to
ensure consistent and sustainable health message dissemination to communities.
Implications for Nursing: This study provides an opportunity for nurses to have base-line
knowledge of residents ‘about eye problems, health seeking behviours towards preventing
eye problems. Its findings will guide nurses in planning eye care outreach program
implementation using nursing health education interventions on various eye health
conditions in communities.
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Access to eye care services, Determinants of eye health problems, Effect of nursing health education, Health-seeking behaviours, Ilorin East Local Government Area.
Citation
Jibril, N.U, Josephine O.D, Olubiyi, S.K, Ibraheem, A.M, Aluko, O.J, Onasoga, A. O, Abdulmalik, N.A, Shuaib, K.O, Abdullahi, S.B. (2025). Effect of Nurse-led Education Intervention on Knowledge about Health-seeking behaviours and Willingness to Prevent Eye Problems among Residents in Ilorin. Jordan Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 4, No. 4. Published by Jordan University of Science and Technology , Jordan. Available at www.jjnr.just.edu.jo. DOI: ttps://doi.org/10.14525/JJNR.v4i4.02 [Scopus]