Factors Affecting Patients' Length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery
Metwally Abdelgaffar, A., Fathy Mahmoud, S., Mohamed Farag, E. (2025). Factors Affecting Patients' Length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery. EKB Journal Management System, 16(2), 375-391. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.428824
Aya Metwally Abdelgaffar; Sarah Fathy Mahmoud; Eman Mohamed Farag. "Factors Affecting Patients' Length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery". EKB Journal Management System, 16, 2, 2025, 375-391. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.428824
Metwally Abdelgaffar, A., Fathy Mahmoud, S., Mohamed Farag, E. (2025). 'Factors Affecting Patients' Length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery', EKB Journal Management System, 16(2), pp. 375-391. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.428824
Metwally Abdelgaffar, A., Fathy Mahmoud, S., Mohamed Farag, E. Factors Affecting Patients' Length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery. EKB Journal Management System, 2025; 16(2): 375-391. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.428824

Factors Affecting Patients' Length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2025, Page 375-391  XML PDF (633.43 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.428824
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Authors
Aya Metwally Abdelgaffar1; Sarah Fathy Mahmoud2; Eman Mohamed Farag3
1Nursing supervisor in elsaff general hospital Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt
2Assistant Professor of Critical Care & Emergency NursingFaculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt
3Lecture of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: After abdominal surgery a significant number of patient require admission to intensive care unit for close monitoring and specialized care. .Aim of the study: was to assess factor affecting patients' length of stay in intensive care unit post abdominal surgery. Design: A descriptive exploratory design was utilized in this study. Subject: A purposive sample of 80 conscious patients was recruited in this study. Setting: ICU In El Saff general hospital Giza, Egypt. Tool of data Collection: Tool I- Structural interview questionnaire, Tool II: Factor affecting Patients' length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery, Tool III: postoperative wound care assessment. Result: indicated abdominal surgery was 55% among male patient's in age group 40<60 years old, 72.5% of the studied patient suffered from chronic disease, 60% of them had moderate pain and 27.5% of them had severe pain. There was positive statistically correlation between total postoperative wound care assessment and numerical pain rate among studied patient's post abdominal surgery at (p<0.001*). Conclusion: There were many factors affecting length of stay among the patient post abdominal surgery in ICU including; demographic data, medical data, physiological factors in addition to pain intensity and wound care assessment. Recommendation: Designing health educational program for patient undergoing abdominal surgery to enhance their health outcome.
Keywords
Factors affecting length of stay; Intensive care unit; post abdominal surgery
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