Correlation between the complexity of patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty and the actual perceived workload of nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate the relationship between the complexity of patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty and the actual workload of nurses.@*Methods@#This study was a retrospective cohort study. A total of 45 patients were randomly selected from March 2016to March 2017to undergo hip arthroplasty at the hospital orthopedic department. The general condition of each patient at the time of admission was recorded, using ASA, CCI and The Katz-ADL scale score evaluates the complexity of the patient's surgery. Actual nursing workload was recorded on the first postoperative day. Use the self-developed questionnaires in the department to assess the workload actually felt by nurses. The correlations between the above scores, BMI and actual workload scores and actual perceived workload were analyzed.@*Results@#There was no statistically significant correlation between the actual workload of nurses and patient complexity. There was a statistically significant correlation between ASA (tau_b=0.73, P <0.01) and CCI (Rho = 0.64; P<0.01) and nurses' actual perceived workload.@*Conclusions@#Orthopedic nurses have greater self-induction work pressure for the patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty.