Patients' opinions and experiences of ambulatory surgery ? a self-care perspective

Linden, Iris; Engberg, Ingegerd Bergbom

doi:10.1016/0966-6532(95)00024-2

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“…A small number of patients faced problems of bleeding at home on the first postoperative day. 23 The findings in these studies were different from ours with higher percentages of surgical site problems in the postoperative period.…”

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“…In their studies on day surgery patients, Larsen and Gupta reported that the patients forget or do not understand the information they are given because of the effect of general anesthesia. 23 The majority of the patients in our research did not consider the information given to them as adequate. In addition, the majority of the patients stated that they would like to have information on the day surgery process, the postoperative problems that might occur at home and how to cope with them.…”

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“…Lindén and Engberg 23 found that in the preoperative period, day surgery patients received information either from their physicians (14%) or a nurse (4%); on the day of surgery from a physician (19%) or a nurse (4%) and postoperatively from a physician (36%) or a nurse (5%), however the information provided was not sufficient and not satisfactory in c+ontent. In their studies on day surgery patients, Larsen and Gupta reported that the patients forget or do not understand the information they are given because of the effect of general anesthesia.…”

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“…In other studies conducted with day surgery patients, Lindén and Engberg 23 found that 9 out of 55 patients experienced discomfort from the dressing on the first postoperative day. A small number of patients faced problems of bleeding at home on the first postoperative day.…”

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“…Lindén and Engberg 23 found that 85 of 105 day surgery patients had been informed about bathing and personal hygiene and 98 about their medications. In other similar studies on day surgery patients, it was found that the patients were given information about postoperative problems that might occur at home and how to deal with them, nutrition, wound care, bathing, medications, and activity and exercise.…”

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Information Requirements and Difficulties Experienced After Discharge in Day Surgery Patients: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey

Çilingir¹,

Bayraktar²

2011

Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci

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A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : Day sur gery pro ce du res have in cre a singly been used nowadays as a re sult of im pro ve ments in sur gi cal tech ni qu es, anest he si a and anal ge si a tech ni qu es and they are pre ferred for the ir be ne fits to the pa ti ent and to the he althca re system. Ho we ver, it is known that day sur gery pa ti ents may fa ce many prob lems in the pe ri o pe ra ti ve pe ri od. This re se arch was con ducted de ter mi n the dif fi cul ti es ex pe ri en ced by day sur gery pa ti ents and the ir in for ma ti on re qu i rements. M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : The study was de sig ned as a cross-sec ti o nal and des crip ti ve sur vey. It was con duc ted in 2003 for a to tal of 12 months, with the par ti ci pa ti on of 230 pa ti ents who had sur gery in uro logy, ort ho pe dics, ear no se thro at, oph thal mo logy, plas tic sur gery or ge ne ral sur gery cli nics and we re hos pi ta li zed in the day sur gery unit of a uni ver sity hos pi tal in An ka ra Pro vin ce. Da ta we re col lec ted using "Pa ti ent's Per so nal In for ma ti on and Know led ge Re qu i re ments" and "Dif fi cul ti es Ex pe ri en ced Af ter Hospital Disc har ge" forms. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : The re se arch re sults sho wed that day sur gery pa ti ents had de fi ci ent know led ge re gar ding the day sur gery pro cess and they expe ri en ced prob lems af ter disc har ge at ho me es pe ci ally wit hin the first thre e pos to pe ra ti ve days. Ma inly, the prob lems we re re la ted to the sur gi cal si te and the res pi ra tory, di ges ti ve, ner vo us, urinary and mus cu los ke le tal systems. C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on ns s: : Day sur gery pa ti ents ex pe ri en ced many prob lems in the pos to pe ra ti ve pe ri od and the ir know led ge on the solution of the se prob lems and the day surgery pro cess was in suf fi ci ent. The re fo re, we re com men d to gi ve the pa ti ents and the ir re la ti ves suffi ci ently de ta i led ver bal and writ ten in for ma ti on on the day sur gery pro cess. K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Am bu la tory sur gi cal pro ce du res; pos to pe ra ti ve comp li ca ti ons Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Gü nü bir lik cer ra hi pro se dür le ri cer ra hi tek nik ler, anes te zi ve anal je zi tek nik le rin deki ge liş me ler so nu cu gü nü müz de gi de rek ar tan şekil de kul la nıl mak ta ve has ta ya ve sağ lık ba kım sis te mi ne olan ya rar la rı nedeniyle ter cih edil mek te dir ler. An cak, gü nü bir lik cer ra hi has ta la rı nın pe ri o pe ra tif dö nem de pek çok so run la kar şı kar şı ya ka la bi le ce ği bi lin mek te dir. Bu araş tır ma gü nü -bir lik cer ra hi has ta la rı nın ya şa dı ğı güç lük le ri ve on la rın bil gi len dir me ge rek si nim le ri ni be lir le mek için ya pıl mış tır. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Bu ça lış ma ke sit sel ve ta nım la yı cı bir ça lış ma ola rak plan lanmış tır. 2003 yı lın da top lam 12 ay lık sü re bo yun ca üro lo ji, or to pe di, ku lak bu run ...

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confidence: 99%

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