Determining The Problems and Quality of Life of Patients Receiving The Treatment of Interventional Hemorrhoid
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Aim: This study was conducted as a descriptive study in order to determine the problems experienced by patients undergoing interventional hemorrhoids treatment and their quality of life, and it is thought that as a result of the study, it will guide the practice of nursing care to prevent problems that may occur after interventional hemorrhoid treatment and affect the quality of life of patients less, and contribute to the literature.
Method: 73 patients who establish and agree to participate in study and to whom interventional hemorrhoids treatment applied at a Health Research and Application Center General Surgery and proctology unit of an university in Ankara were considered as study sample. The sociodemographic questionnaire, post-treatment questionnaire, questionnaire designed to determine complications, and Roll Royce Quality of Life Scale were used to collect the data. In the analysis of the data obtained from the study; The number, percentage was evaluated using the “Paired Sample-t” test (t-table value) for comparisons of two normally distributed dependent groups and the “Wilcoxon” test (Z-table value) for comparisons of two non-normally distributed dependent groups.
Result: It was determined that the daily activities of 53.4% of the patients, the work life of 50.7% and the social life of 46.6% of the patients were moderately affected by hemorrhoids. Before and after interventional hemorrhoid treatment, patients mostly encountered problems such as bleeding, constipation, itching, pain in the anal region, painful/difficult defecation. . The highest and lowest total scores of the patients on the 25th day of RRYQ before and after
treatment were 192-78, respectively; It was determined as 202-92. In the study, it was determined that the quality of life of the patients on the 25th day after the treatment increased compared to the pre-treatment.
Conclusion: In the study, it was determined that the patients who underwent interventional hemorrhoids experienced many problems and these problems affected the quality of life of the patients. In line with the results of the research, it is recommended to provide counseling services by monitoring the problems that patients may experience after interventional hemorrhoid treatment and to solve these problems after discharge, to develop educational materials and to use them in patient education, and to conduct multicenter studies with larger samples to determine their quality of life.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Hemşirelik
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
9 Haziran 2022
Gönderilme Tarihi
18 Ekim 2021
Kabul Tarihi
18 Nisan 2022
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2022 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1