DOI: 10.5176/2315-4330_WNC16.3
Authors: Wai Mun Tang, Tsui Voon Ong, and Hui Hui Ng
Abstract:
A patient- and caregiver-centered discharge education programme is extremely important in preparing patients for self-care and cardiac rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to examine whether there is any significant difference in post-CABG discharge information needs between the patients and their primary caregivers. This study was a quantitative, cross-sectional comparative study. The data of the study was collected through structured interview using the Cardiac Surgery Discharge Questionnaire which was a four-point Likert scale and consists of six subscales: medication, nutrition, incision, pain management, feelings, and managing of other symptoms (i.e., elimination, breathing and body swelling). A total of 131 participants; 66 patients and 65 caregivers were recruited from a private hospital in Penang, Malaysia using convenient sampling. In comparison between patients and their caregivers, the analyses showed no significant difference across all six discharge information needs subscales, except for subscale related to pain management. Caregivers was found to have greater discharge information needs for pain management compared with the patients. Both, the patients and caregivers have indicated higher discharge information needs for the areas of “side effects of the medications”, “remedy that can do if have reactions to medications” and “interventions for swelling in the body”. Henceforth, the existing post-CABG discharge education can be refined and tailored according to the needs of the patients and caregivers. Additional discharge education effort is warranted particularly in the areas of medications and management of complications after CABG surgery.
Keywords: coronary artery bypass graft, discharge information needs, patients, caregivers
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