Impact of Preoperative Teaching Program among Patients undergoing Kidney Surgery on their both Pain Management outcome and Patient Satisfaction.

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Abstract The aim of the present study is to evaluate the impact of preoperative teaching program on pain outcome & satisfaction for patients undergoing kidney surgery. Research design Quasi-experimental study design was be utilized. Sample data were collected from 60 patients undergoing kidney surgery at urology department El-minia university hospital. Research hypothesis mean scores of all aspect of pain management outcome questionnaire in study group would be better than that in control group. Tools utilized for data collection were patient assessment sheets, Teaching Program and Modified American Pain society patient Outcome Questionnaire (APS-POQ- 1995). The results regarding post-op. pain management outcome questionnaire there was statistical significance difference related to pain severity & pain relief as P-value=0.01, 0.00001** ,related to interference with function (activities in bed & out of bed – falling asleep & staying sleep) as P-value = 0.05*, 0.001** 0.020*, 0.001** ,There was statistical difference for Perception of care between study & control groups. Conclusion a highly significant difference in the study group regarding to all aspect of pain management outcome and length of hospital stay compared to the control group and there was positive correlation of using more than two methods of non-pharmacological pain management strategies with post-op. analgesic consumption. Recommendations further research studies are needed to focus on preoperative teaching programs of post-op pain management for patients undergoing surgery.