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Effectiveness of a telephone follow‐up nursing intervention in postsurgical patients
Author(s) -
Santana Rosimere Ferreira,
Pereira Shimmenes Kamacael,
Carmo Thalita Gomes,
Freire Vanessa Emille Carvalho de Sousa,
Soares Thais da Silva,
Amaral Dayana Medeiros,
Vaqueiro Raquel Dantas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12648
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , telephone call , telephone interview , physical therapy , surgery , nursing , social science , electrical engineering , sociology , engineering
Background Surgical recovery can be defined as the days required to initiate activities that maintain life, health, and well‐being. Aim The main study objective was to compare the effectiveness of telephone versus conventional follow‐up in postsurgical older adult patients. Methods This is a quasi‐experimental study with random sampling. Postsurgical patients over 60 years old who had undergone gastrectomy and colectomy were selected from 2 hospitals and randomly divided into intervention group (22 patients) and control group (21 patients). Data collection was performed from January to September 2014. The differences in surgical recovery between the control and intervention groups were measured at 48 hours, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks after surgery. Results Patients in the control group took significantly longer duration in the length of surgical recovery from the first to the second ( P = .007) and to the third evaluation time points ( P = .013). Patients in the intervention group had significant less impaired mobility ( P = .003), need for assistance for self‐care ( P = .009), fatigue ( P = .048), and time required for recuperation ( P = .048). Conclusion Telephone follow‐up reduced the occurrence of delayed surgical recovery.