ABSTRACT
A ansiedade e a preocupação dos pacientes decorrentes da obscuridade das informações relacionadas ao procedimento cirúrgico ortognático despertou o desenvolvimento deste estudo, que objetivou identificar as necessidades de informação do paciente sobre o cuidado pós-operatório da cirurgia ortognática. Trata-se de pesquisa exploratória qualitativa, que utilizou como método de coleta de dados o grupo focal com pacientes em pós-operatório de cirurgia ortognática de um ambulatório de cirurgia e traumatologia bucomaxilofacial. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo para identificação das falas significativas para o alcance do objetivo. Entre os assuntos mais abordados, destacaram-se o longo tempo de recuperação e as dificuldades relacionadas à alimentação, higienização e redução dos sinais e sintomas pós-operatórios. Comentários relacionados à autoimagem e à satisfação com os resultados da cirurgia apontam para a necessidade de exploração em futuros estudos.
Patient's anxiety and worry due to a lack of knowledge about the orthognathic surgery motivated the development of this study. The objective was to identify information needs of postoperative patient undergoing orthognathic surgery. It's an exploratory and qualitative research that used the focus group to collect the dada. Postoperative patients of orthognathic surgery from an oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma ambulatory were invited to participate in the group. Through content analysis it was possible to identify the following problems related to the postoperative procedure: long recovery time, nutrition, oral hygiene, relief of postoperative signs and symptoms. Themes involving self-image and satisfaction levels related to the outcome of the surgery were also recognized pointing out the need of future studies to explore these issues.
La ansiedad y la preocupación de los pacientes por la falta la información acerca de la cirugía ortognática provocaron el desarrollo de este estudio, que tuvo como objetivo identificar las necesidades de información del paciente sobre el cuidado postoperatorio. Es una investigación exploratoria cualitativa, que utilizó la técnica del grupo focal para recoger datos. Pacientes en el postoperatorio de cirugía ortognática de un ambulatorio de cirugía bucomaxilofacial y trauma fueron invitados a participar en el grupo. Los datos fueron sometidos a análisis de contenido y entre las cuestiones que se plantean más frecuentemente, se mencionó el largo tiempo de recuperación, las dificultades relacionadas con la alimentación, la higiene y la reducción de los signos y síntomas después de la operación. Comentarios relacionados con la imagen de sí mismo y la satisfacción con los resultados de la cirugía indican la necesidad de futuros estudios para explorar estos temas.
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Humans , Attitude to Health , Orthognathic Surgical Procedures , Postoperative Care , Patient Education as TopicABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: This study suggested a newly developed research model, which is based on TAM(Technology Acceptance Model), to empirically and theoretically verify the acceptance behavior of the internet users for the health website, as the availability of health information through the Internet is rapidly increasing. In this proposed model: the Subjective Norm, the Output Quality, and the Perceived Playfulness were used as the independent variables; TAM variables, including the Perceived Usefulness, the Perceived Ease of Use, the Attitude Toward Use, and the Behavioral Intention were used as the mediator variables; and the Actual Use and the Website Loyalty were used as the dependent variables to measure the individual user's acceptance of the health website. METHOD: The members of the Health Guide(http://www.healthguide.or.kr), who received a flyer through the LISTSERV of it, were eligible to participate in this study. The proposed research model was tested employing the SEM (Structural Equation Model) to empirically verify the hypotheses. RESULTS: The results of the CFA(Confirmatory Factor Analysis) demonstrated that all the measurements fit the data well. Each of the hypotheses was also tested in the structural model. The study results were as follows: First, the subjective norm affected the continuous intention to use of the website(Website Loyalty); Second, the output quality was the significant key factor to positively affect the perceived playfulness, the perceived usefulness, the perceived ease of use, and the website loyalty perceptions. Most of the hypotheses from the original model of TAM were supported; Third, the behavioral intention significantly affected the actual use and the website loyalty; Fourth, the mediating effect of the TAM constructs was significant; Fifth, men were highly acceptable to the health information website than women. The acceptance of the health professional's acceptance of the health website were higher than that of those who in any other profession. CONCLUSION: In the healthcare area, a few studies have evaluated health consumer's information and technology acceptance within a theoretical framework. Therefore, the approach to extend TAM in healthcare is worthy of examination to evaluate health consumer's acceptance of the health website.