Effect of Implementing a Nursing Management Protocol on Postoperative Health Outcomes for Patients undergoing Tympanoplasty | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 34, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2019, Pages 471-491 PDF (860.37 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.217929 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hamda Ahmed Mohamed Eldesoky* ; Heba Mahmoud Mahmoud | ||
| Lecturer, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Tympanoplasty is a common surgical procedure to repair a defect in the tympanic membrane with the placement of a graft, which aims to restores hearing ability, improves patient outcomes, and increases patient satisfaction. Aim of the study: was to evaluate the effect of implementing a nursing management protocol on post-operative health outcomes for patients undergoing tympanoplasty. Research design: The study used a quasi-experimental research design with a pretest-posttest control group.Settings: The study was conducted at the Otolaryngology department at the Alexandria Main University Hospital and follow up was done in the Otolaryngology outpatient clinic. Subjects: A convenience sample of 60 adults undergoing tympanoplasty at the above-mentioned facility. The sample's participants were distributed into two equal groups: the study group, which consisted of 30 patients who were given the nurse management protocol, and the control group, which consisted of 30 patients who were just given routine care. Tools of data collection: Four tools were used to collect the needed data, namely:Tympanoplasty patient’s knowledge structured interview schedule, Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA) Scale, Self-Care practices questionnaire structured interview and Tympanoplasty patients’ satisfaction with nursing management protocol. Results: the study finding shown that a highly statistically significant difference among control and study group regarding their knowledge, social and emotional responses of hearing handicap and level self-care practices immediate post and after one and a half month of application of the nursing management protocol. Conclusion: Applying the nursing management protocol had statistically significant enhancement of knowledge, social & emotional responses of hearing handicap, self -care practice and satisfaction for studied subjects undergoing tympanoplasty postoperatively than their control groups.Recommendations: the developed booklet with its straightforward instructions and illustrations should be utilized in hospitals as a teaching aid for patients undergoing tympanoplasty | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nursing Management Protocol; Postoperative Health Outcomes; Tympanoplasty | ||
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