. Nasrollah Alimohammadi; . Manijeh Eslami; . Hojatollah Yousefi; . Homayoon Tabesh
Volume 5, Issue 5 , December 2015, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
Background: Today, lumbar herniation discs, a prevalent problem with a sign of lumbar and feetpain in society. Removal of disk by surgery decrease pain but reduce quality‑of‑life ...
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Background: Today, lumbar herniation discs, a prevalent problem with a sign of lumbar and feetpain in society. Removal of disk by surgery decrease pain but reduce quality‑of‑life (QOL). In somecases, lake of following and caring of patient after surgery, herniation disc recurrent. Previousstudies show that patient education and followings is important, therefore, this study aimed toinvestigate the effect of continuing care on patient QOL after disc surgery in neurosurgery and veryimportant person (VIP) ward in Al‑Zahra Hospital. Materials and Methods: This study is a clinicaltrial conducted on 64 patients hospitalized in the neurosurgery and VIP wards of Al‑Zahra Hospital,in Isfahan, Iran, in 2013. The patients were selected by simple sampling method and were randomlyassigned to two groups (study and control). Patients’ response to short form‑36 questionnairebefore and 4 weeks and 3 months after continuing care in study group, and simultaneously, inthe control group. Results: Repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant difference in meanof physical and psychological dimensions before and 4 weeks and 3 months after intervention instudy group (P < 0.05), but in control group, the difference was not significant (P = 0.8). Pairwisecomparison of mean physical and psychological dimensions at different time points by Fisher’sleast significant difference showed that there was a significant difference in the interventiongroup (P < 0.022). But in the control group, there was no significant difference between pairs oftime points (P > 0.18). Conclusion: Continuing care improves dimensions of patients’ QOL, andit is recommended as a nursing and nonmedical intervention in disc surgery patients.