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  P2.07 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 468)

  • Event: WCLC 2016
  • Type: Poster Presenters Present
  • Track: Nurses
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  • Coordinates: 12/06/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)

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    P2.07-002 - Evaluation of Providing Healthcare Information for Lung Mass Patients after Surgery (ID 5491)

    14:30 - 14:30  |  Author(s): P. Ratniyom
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    Background:
    Providing healthcare information is very important for lung mass patients after lung surgery for achieving good post-operative rehabilitation, understanding their disease, taking medication, adjusting daily life activity such as stop smoking, and health promotion. The aim of this study is to evaluate the providing healthcare information (HI) from physicians or nurses to patients before discharged and to explore the adding discharge information needs of patients.
    
    Methods:
    Descriptive research with prospective data collection design was conducted. All lung mass patients undergoing lung surgery at General Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand during April 1[st], 2015 to July 1[st], 2016 were enrolled in this study. Lung Information Needs Questionnaire: Thai translation was provided to patients on the day before discharge date.
    
    Results:
    Figure 1There were 56 patients enrolled in this study including 18 women and 38 men. The mean age was 59.16 years (SD= 13.64). The percentage of the physicians or nurses who provided HI about; (1) disease knowledge was more than 80%, except disease recurrence, plan of follow-up and treatment; (2) a reason for taking inhalers or medications was 89.3%, however more than 30% of them were still not clear understand; (3) self-management was more than 75 %; (4) Giving up smoking, only 50 %; (5) promoting exercise was more than 90, but 17.3 % of these were not sure what to do.; (6) diet was only 62.5 %. For the open ended question, the percentage of patients who need more discharge information about disease, treatment, pain management, recurrent prevention and truth telling was 21.4 %. The percentage of patients who need more discharge information about food for post-operative lung surgery was 1.8%.
    
    
    
    Conclusion:
    The physicians and nurses should more provide clearly healthcare information to their patients before discharge.
    
    

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