Cataract: Effect of designed nursing guidelines on patients to minimize postoperative complications | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 4, Volume 3, Issue 5, June 2015, Pages 34-41 PDF (300.09 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2015.58907 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Neama Ahmed Mohamed1; Mohamed Saad Abdel Rahman2; Attyiat Hassan Hussein3 | ||
| 1Head nurse in Ophthalmic Department at Assiut University Hospital Egypt | ||
| 2Professor of Ophthalmology Ophthalmic Department Faculty of Medicine Assiut University Egypt | ||
| 3Lecturer of Medical surgical Nursing Adult Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing Assiut University Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Cataract is the opacification of the normally clear lens of the eye. Aim: to determine the educational needs of patients with cataract, to design nursing guidelines and to evaluate the effect of designed nursing guidelines on patient outcomes. Subjects and methods: the study was conducted in the ophthalmic department at Assiut university hospital. Study design: Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. Tools: three tools was used, tool one patient with cataract assessment, it was divided into two parts concerning: patients` socio-demographic data, assessment patient’s knowledge, tool two designed nursing guidelines, tool three post operative complications for assessment patients with cataract observation checklist. Results: the majority of both the study and control groups (60.0% and 66.7%) were female, (73.4%, 33.3%) were illiterate, (56.7% and 63.3%) were house wife, (43.3%, 60.0%) their ages were between 41-60 years of age, The results also revealed that, there was significant statistical difference between pre and post application of guidelines for the study group Conclusions: knowledge level of the study group patients after application of nursing guidelines was higher than knowledge level of control group. Recommendation: Providing a written instruction booklet is of great important for the patients before discharge to minimize postoperative complications | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cataract; Guidelines & Nursing | ||
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