Effect of Comprehensive Nursing Intervention on Patient’s Knowledge, Anxiety and Self-care Practice following Vitrectomy for Diabetic Retinopathy | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2025 PDF (896.71 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2025.414061 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eglal Hassanein Abdel Hakeim1; Eman Nasr El Dine Sultan2; Zizi Fikry Mohamed Abd Elrasol3; Manar Fathy Hamza4 | ||||
| 1Assistant professor Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, King Salman International University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Oculoplastic consultant, Matariah Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 3Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt. | ||||
| 4Assistant professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Diabetic retinopathy is a major health problem that is consider the first cause of blindness worldwide. Nurses play a crucial role in managing patients undergoing vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy. Vitrectomy which plays a vital role in the treatment of severe complications of diabetic retinopathy. Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of comprehensive nursing intervention on patient’ knowledge, anxiety and self-care practice following vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy. Design: Quasi-experimental design was applied in this study. Subject: purposive sample of 60 adult patients, they were distributed equally to control and study groups (30 for each). Setting: Data were collected from the Ophthalmology Diagnostic Laser Unit at El Kaser Al Ani hospital, affiliated to Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Tools: Data were collected through four tools. Tool(1) Structured Interview questionnaire; Tool(2) Patient's Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire; Tool(3) self-care compliance scale; and Tool(4) Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) Result: there is an improvement of patients’ level of knowledge, level of anxiety post comprehensive nursing intervention program. While there is a highly statistically significant improvement of patients regarding self-care practice (P>0.001) post comprehensive nursing intervention program for diabetic retinopathy patients following vitrectomy. Conclusion: The finding of the study concluded that, diabetic retinopathy patients following vitrectomy who receive comprehensive nursing intervention improve their knowledge, self-care practices and decrease level of anxiety. Recommendation: Comprehensive nursing intervention for diabetic retinopathy patients following vitrectomy is essential. | ||||
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