Kalp Ameliyatı Sonrası Verilen Taburculuk Eğitiminin Telefon Danışmanlığıyla Etkinliğinin Belirlenmesi: Tanımlayıcı Araştırma

Abstract

Objective: The research was carried out descriptively in order to determine the effectiveness of the discharge training given after heart surgery with telephone counseling. Material and Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 73 patients who underwent heart surgery at a university hospital. After each patient's condition became stabilized following surgery, they were provided discharge training and given a post-heart surgery discharge training booklet after heart surgery. The researchers phoned the patients in the first, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th weeks after discharge, and asked them whether or not the post-heart surgery discharge training booklet lacked any information within the scope of subject headings about topics they needed to know following surgery. The data were analyzed in SPSS 22.0 program in the computer. Results: When examining the Cronbach alpha values for the topics that the patients needed to know following surgery, it was observed that subtest total scores were consistent at levels between 0.264 and 1.00, thereby showing a statistically significant correlation. Weekly changes in the mean scores of drug use, pain management, and daily activity training score among subjects that the patients needed to know following surgery were statistically significant (p=0.001). Weekly mean scores for the subjects that patients needed to know following surgery were statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: As a result, it can be asserted that continuity is important for phone counselling following heart surgery, and continuous discharge training can have a positive effect on patients following heart surgery and ultimately improve post-heart surgery care.