Qualitative study on postoperative continuing health education needs of patients with degenerative scoliosis after surgery
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20230905-00891
- VernacularTitle:退变性脊柱侧凸患者术后延续性健康教育需求的质性研究
- Author:
Dongyue GAO
1
;
Yaping DING
;
Yun YOU
;
Chaoyu YANG
;
Ying WANG
;
Yuwen XING
Author Information
1. 南京大学医学院附属鼓楼医院骨科脊柱外科，南京 210008
- Keywords:
Scoliosis;
Rehabilitation;
Health education;
Transitional care;
Qualitative study
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2024;30(18):2432-2436
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the current rehabilitation status and existing problems of patients with degenerative scoliosis after surgery, and analyze the needs of continuous health education for patients.Methods:A total of 15 patients with degenerative scoliosis undergoing surgical treatment in Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University from December 2021 to June 2022 were selected by the convenient sampling method. The semi-structured interview was used to understand the patient's feelings on the operation effect, experience on the postoperative life impact, thoughts on rehabilitation exercise, self-cognition of home status and future development planning. Based on the rooted theory, Colaizzi 7-step analysis was applied to extract the topic.Results:The four themes related to the continuous health education needs of patients with degenerative scoliosis after surgery were summarized, which were unacceptable movement limitation of lower back or lower extremity, blind area of continuous rehabilitation exercise, lack of knowledge of self-management of spinal disease after surgery and need for social and psychological support.Conclusions:Patients with degenerative scoliosis lack of postoperative rehabilitation knowledge and skills, and the need for health education is strong. Medical staff can meet the patients' transitional care needs by educating them to adapt to the current situation, providing personalized rehabilitation goals, guiding patients in managing risk factors that affect their own rehabilitation and improving social and family support systems, thereby promoting rapid recovery of patients.
