Postoperative Telenursing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Improving Patient Outcomes.
J Perianesth Nurs
; 2022 Nov 28.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2236342
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was conducted to determine if postoperative nurse-driven telehealth visits for patients undergoing septorhinoplasty decreased patient anxiety while improving comfort and satisfaction levels.DESIGN:
The present study was an intervention-control study completed with a total of 320 participants (n = 160, intervention group; n = 160, control group). The intervention postseptorhinoplasty training using the telenursing method was conducted at three time points in this study; preoperatively-postoperatively, on days 3, and 10.METHODS:
Data were collected from a group of patients undergoing septorhinoplasty in the Ear, Nose, and Throat department of a University Hospital in Turkey between October 2021 and February 2022. The data collected in the study were evaluated with the SPSS 23.00 program and were analyzed with the independent sample t-test for two independent groups and the F-test (ANOVA) for more than two groups. Correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between scales, and P < .05 was considered statistically significant.FINDINGS:
In the postoperative period, the mean anxiety inventory score of the experimental group was found to be significantly lower than that of the control group (P < .01). Telenursing increased the satisfaction and comfort of the patients and shortened the discharge time. There was a negative and statistically significant relationship between satisfaction and State Anxiety Inventory and Trait Anxiety Inventory (r = -0.715, r = -0.739, P < .01).CONCLUSIONS:
This study confirms the importance of postoperative telenursing for septorhinoplasty patients in promoting continuity of care, reducing anxiety and discharge time, improving comfort and satisfaction levels during the Covid-19 pandemic. Remote care was well received during the study and should be used more frequently. There is a need for further research regarding telehealth; and the international incentives and regulations which will be needed to make telenursing a standard of care should be pursued.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Variants
Language:
English
Journal subject:
Anesthesiology
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Nursing
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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