The Effect of Structured Preadmission Preoperative Teaching on Patient Outcomes After Abdominal Surgery

Abstract

An experimental pretest-posttest control group design was used to compare recovery outcomes of subjects receiving preadmission preoperative education planned and presented by the clinical nurse specialist with subjects receiving routine preoperative preparation by clinic staff nurses. Incidence of postoperative complications by record review and changes in pulmonary function tests were assessed on the second postoperative day in the hospital. Postdischarge recovery was measured two weeks after surgery by telephone using a structured interview schedule. There was a significant difference in return of bowel function (p < 0.01), but not in pulmonary complications (p > 0.57), inspiratory capacity (p postdischarge recovery (p > 0.71, p > 0.72). Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA224579

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  • Alice N. Cox

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Students
  • Surgery
  • Wound Infections

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  • Medicine

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