Author/Authors :
Jickling، نويسنده , , Janice L. and Graydon، نويسنده , , Jane E.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
OBJECTIVE: To compare the information needs 24 to 48 hours before hospital discharge of male and female patients who have undergone first-time coronary artery bypass surgery.
: Cross-sectional, descriptive-comparative.
G: Teaching hospital in a city in central Canada.
: The sample consisted of 20 men and 20 women who had undergone elective coronary artery bypass surgery for the first time.
MENTS: Patient Learning Needs Scale and open-ended questions.
S: No differences were found in information needs between men and women. The highest areas of information needs included: treatment and complications, activities, medications, and enhancing quality of life.
SION: Men and women have similar information needs after coronary artery bypass surgery. They both want information concerning treatment and complications, activities of living, enhancing their quality of life, and medications.