Ortopedi Ameliyatı Geçiren Hastaların Venöz Tromboemboli Riskini Önlemeye Yönelik Bilgi Gereksinimleri ve Uygulamalarının Belirlenmesi

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Aim: The study was conducted as a descriptive study in order to determine the knowledge requirements and practices to prevent the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. Material and Methods: The study was conducted with 140 patients between 18. 07. 2018- 19.10. 2018 in an education research hospital in Ankara. The patient descriptive information form, VTE patient information form, DVT diagnostic criteria form which is prepared by the researcher and Autar Risk Diagnosis Scale were used in order to collect the data. Descriptive statistics such as number and percentage were used in the analysis of the data Results: In our study, according to the Autar DVT Risk Diagnosis Scale, most of the patients had more than one risk factor in the postoperative period, the most experienced risk factors were having advanced age, being above normal weight, having orthopedic (under waist) surgical intervention and living highly dependent (help requirement) risk factors. Among the patients participated in the study, 81.4% had not known VTE definition, 87.8% VTE risk factors, 87.8% the applications to reduce the risk of VTE. It was found that more than half of the patients did not have information about the use of compression stockings and 80.9% of the patients did not have any information about the use of anticoagulants despite the high rates of anticoagulant drug use. Conclusion: In our study, it was found that although the patients had more than one risk factor for VTE, there was a high level of information deficiency. Determining the level of knowledge of patients about VTE and increasing their knowledge on this subject with trainings will allow them to perform individual evaluations and thus reduce the incidence of VTE in hospital and post-discharge periods. As a result of this, it is considered that patients’ quality of life will increase and hospital stay and health expenses will decrease.