Investigating the effect of teaching religious and Sharia’s rules through m-health technology on the knowledge and attitude of undergraduate students of the last year of Fatemeh (PBUH) School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background and Purpose: In order to provide services based on societal values and avoid the Shariah and legal consequences of non-compliance with Shariah issues in education and treatment, nursing students should be familiar with the necessary Shariah issues. The present study aimed to assess the effect of mobile-based education of Sharia medical rules on the knowledge and attitude of final-year undergraduate students of Hazrat Fatemeh College of Nursing and Midwifery (PBUH). Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 54 final-year nursing students in two control and intervention groups. In the intervention group, Sharia issues were taught using a mobile application, and in the intervention group, education was carried out by a training booklet, and the knowledge and attitude questionnaires of the two groups were measured and compared before and two weeks after the intervention. Results: The finding demonstrated that the mean scores of knowledge and attitude of the intervention group students who received Sharia rulings training through a mobile-based application illustrated a significant change compared to the control group who received the training through a booklet (P<0.05). Although the attitude scores in the control group were also improved, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Conclusion: The results of this study highlighted the positive effect of using a mobile-based application compared to booklet education in improving the knowledge and attitude of students towards Sharia issues related to education and medical services. Considering that one of the available and relatively affordable educational methods is mobile-based education, it seems that the use of this potential platform for proper education can pave the way for scientific and affordable education in terms of health compliance.