Effectiveness of Educational Guidelines on Post Mastectomy Women's Knowledge, Practices, and Psychological Stress Regarding External Breast Prosthesis | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Volume 15, Issue 4, December 2024, Pages 14-27 PDF (553.87 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.383738 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Badr Ibrahim Ahmed Abdou Abd El Rahman1; Ebtesam Aly Abd el Fatah Aly2; Mona Gamal Abd Elnaser Ahmed Elnabawey3; Manal Ibrahem Abd El Fatah Yassen4 | ||
| 1Fellow Medical-Surgical Nursing, University Student Hospital, Mansoura University | ||
| 2Lecture of Medical-Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing Minia University | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing- Faculty of Nursing - Zagazig University | ||
| 4Lecturer in Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The knowledge that they have breast cancer and the loss of their physical attractiveness are two major concerns that women who have had a mastectomy for the disease contend with. Wearing an external breast prosthesis after a mastectomy is chosen to lessen psychological stress and replace the weight of the missing breast. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational guidelines on post-mastectomy women's knowledge, practices, and psychological stress regarding external breast prostheses. Subjects and method: Design: The goal of this study was accomplished by using a quasi-experimental research approach. Setting: The study was conducted in Minia Oncology Center's Inpatient and Outpatient clinics / Mania Governate/ Egypt. Subjects: A purposive sample of 50 post-mastectomy women were recruited in this study. Four tools were used: Tool (I) structured interviewing questionnaire, which included two parts: (a) demographic characteristics of post-mastectomy women; (b) post-mastectomy women's medical data, Tool (II) post-mastectomy women's knowledge regarding external breast prosthesis, Tool (III) post-mastectomy women ' practice regarding external breast prosthesis (pre/post), and Tool (IV) Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) (pre/post). Results: The study's findings demonstrated that there were statistically significant differences and improvements in knowledge, practice, and psychological stress post-educational guidelines than pre-educational guidelines among post-astectomy women. Conclusion: The results of the study concluded that the educational guidelines were effective in improving post-mastectomy women's knowledge, practice, and psychological stress regarding external breast prostheses. Recommendations: It recommended raising awareness of post-mastectomy women about external breast prostheses during follow-up by incorporating this information in their care and follow-up. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| External Breast Prosthesis; Knowledge; Practice; Post- Mastectomy women; Psychological stress | ||
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