“Does The Knowledge And Practice Of Nurses On Teach-Back Method Affect Patient’s Health Outcome”: ALiterature-Based Narrative Review”

Introduction: Patients are asked to repeat the instructions they receive from their healthcare professionals (HCPs). HCPs should use caring and plain language in a shame-free environment during patient education. By using the teach-back method, HCPs can assess patients’ understanding, and reteach or modify teaching if comprehension is not demonstrated. Objective: the objective of this narrative review is to assess the effectiveness of the teach-back method in terms of knowledge and its utilization among Nurses and patients improving health literacy. Method: PubMed, EBSCO database, and Google Scholar for narrative review, to assess the level of knowledge and use of teach-back method among HCPs and patients. (2019 to 2023). Search strategies for each database were used. Results: The teach-back method has been shown to be effective in improving postpartum behavior, knowledge of fall prevention, and clinical parameters among nurses. Studies have shown that it can improve knowledge retention and self-care behaviors, reduce readmissions of patients with heart failure, and improve clinical parameters. The study involved 150 nurses and found significant differences between pre-test and post-test scores, with 98.3% achieving teach-back proficiency. Overall, the teach-back technique has been shown to be beneficial in improving knowledge retention and self-care in healthcare. Conclusion: the aspect of nurses' knowledge and utilization of the teach-back method during patient health education can improve the health literacy of patients regarding the disease, treatment, and discharge follow-up and improve self-care during treatment. Teachback also helps to reduce the readmission of patients. Thus all HCPs should incorporate the teach-back method as an education strategy to improve health outcomes.