Perceived Therapeutic Self-Care Ability of Patients in Surgical Units: A Multisite Survey

Autor:	Hussan Zeb, Ahtisham Younas, Amara Sundus, Mubashir Iqbal, Khurram Ishaq
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	General Nursing
Zdroj:	Clinical Nursing Research. 32:414-422
ISSN:	1552-3799 1054-7738
DOI:	10.1177/10547738221078901
Popis:	Assessing patients’ therapeutic self-care ability allows nurses to initialize care and implement interventions to enhance their self-care abilities. However, sociocultural beliefs and determinants can affect patients’ self-care practices. This study determined perceived therapeutic self-care ability of patients in surgical units in Pakistan. A survey was conducted using a purposive sample 511 patients admitted to surgical units for at least 24 hours. Data were collected using the Urdu version of Therapeutic Self-Care Measure. The mean self-care ability score was 20.05 ± 4.3. Patients felt more prepared to take their medications, but less prepared to respond to any unforeseeable physical changes. Significant difference was found between self-care ability of male (20.68 ± 4.15) and female (19.18 ± 4.27) ( p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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