Developing Discharge Guidelines for Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | ||
| Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 1-25 PDF (506.9 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2016.32489 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa Kadous* 1; Soad Hegazy2; Tarek El-Hosieny3; Bahia Abd El-Razik4 | ||
| 1Medical-Surgical Nursing,Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| 2Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing -Ain shams university | ||
| 3Gastroenterology Surgery& Liver Transplantation Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University | ||
| 4Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Port Said University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Today laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard treatment of gall bladder diseases all over the world. Patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy must be the focus when planning a hospital discharge process by giving them effective practical discharge guidelines that will increase their confidence in managing their care at home, so that, Aim: of the present study was to develop discharge guidelines for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Design: A descriptive exploratory design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the surgical departments and out patients` clinics of GastroenterologyCenter at MansouraUniversity. Sample: A purposive sample of 200 adult patients, from both genders underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy from the above mentioned setting within 6 months. Tools for data collection: 1) A structure interviewing questionnaire sheet to assess patients` knowledge. 2) An observational checklist to assess patients' practices at pre / postoperative period.3) Health condition assessment sheet to assess patients` health condition on 1st follow up visit at out Patient's clinic. Results: The mean age of the studied patients was 43.25 ± 11.01. More than half (62.0%) of studied patients had unsatisfactory level of knowledge as regards laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery as (pre/post-operative care and discharge instructions). Most (90.5%) of them had unsatisfactory level of practices as(pre/postoperative practices) added to poor health condition assessment for more than half (60.0%) of the studied sample Conclusion: There was a statistical significant relation between patients` total knowledge scores and the total practices scores as regards their socio-demographic characteristics. Moreover, a highly positive correlation was indicated between patients` knowledge & practices and their health condition assessment. Recommendations: Further research studies are needed to focus on studying factors affecting quality of life for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Patients 'health related knowledge & practices; Patients` discharge guidelines | ||
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