Effect of Structured Teaching Program among Patients with Lower Limb Fracture regarding Self-Care of Casted Limb | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 98, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Page 1605-1615 PDF (478.3 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.209937 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Heba Mohammed Mahmoud Elhapashy1; Shymaa Elsayed Mosaad Mohammed1; Wafaa Mohamed Elsayed Ahmed2; Hanaa Farahat Ibrahim Ahmed3 | ||||
| 1Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||||
| 2Lecturer in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Misr University of Science and technology | ||||
| 3Lecturer in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Badr University in Cairo | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Casted limb' patients who are suffering from complications as a result of knowledge deficiency and usually suffer from physical, social, psychological, and economic impairment. Empowering patients with sufficient knowledge and skill in caring for themselves preventing complications, and improving bone healing through providing a structured teaching program. Aim: To determine the effect of a structured teaching program among patients with lower limb fracture regarding self-care of the casted limb. Subjects and method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized to achieve this study aim. Setting: The study was conducted in the Orthopedic Department at Mansoura University Hospital. Subjects: A convenient sample of 60 patients with lower limb fracture was included in the study from the previously mentioned setting. Tools for data collection: It included: Tool I: Structured interviewing questionnaire which consisted of four parts; Part I: Demographic data, Part II: Patients’ medical history, Part III: Patients’ knowledge regarding self care of the casted limb, and Part IV: Self-care practices. Results: a statistically significant difference with the improvement of the level of knowledge pre- and post-structured teaching program about self-care of the casted limb. There were significant associations between patients' knowledge regarding self-care of casted limbs and their demographic characteristics. Conclusion: There was a satisfactory level of knowledge post structured teaching program among patients with lower limb fracture regarding self-care of the casted limb. A structured teaching program had a positive effect on changes and improving patients' knowledge. Recommendations: Structured teaching program should be conducted frequently for patients with lower limb fractures regarding self-care of the casted limb. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Self-care of casted limb; Structured teaching Program; Patients with lower limb fracture | ||||
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