Investigation of The Pain Levels and Daily Life Activities of Patients Who Applied Tube Thoracostomy After Chest Surgery Göğüs Cerrahisi Sonrası Tüp Torakostomi Uygulanan Hastaların Ağrı Düzeylerinin ve Günlük Yaşam Aktivitelerinin İncelenmesi
E-Journal of Dokuz Eylul University Nursing Faculty, cilt.15, sa.3, ss.349-358, 2022 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.46483/deuhfed.947579
- Dergi Adı: E-Journal of Dokuz Eylul University Nursing Faculty
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.349-358
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Activities of Daily Living, Nursing, Pain, Thoracic Surgery, Tube Thoracostomy
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Introduction: Pain and limitation of movement can be seen in patients who underwent tube thoracostomy after thoracic surgery. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the pain levels and activities of daily living of patients who underwent tube thoracostomy after thoracic surgery, and to examine the relationship between pain levels and activities of daily living. Method: The study is a descriptive and relation-seeking study. The sample consisted of 130 patients who underwent tube thoracostomy after thoracic surgery in two university hospitals. In our study, Individual Characteristics Form, Mcgill Melzack Pain Questionnaire, Visual Analog Scale and Katz Activities of Daily Living Index were used. In the analysis of the data, Kruskal Wallis-H test, sperm correlation and linear regression analysis were performed. Results: The mean age of the patients who underwent tube thoracostomy after thoracic surgery was 54.46±16.39 years. 67.7% of the patients were male and 63.8% of them were operated with the thoracotomy method. The mean pain score of the patients was 4.15 ± 2.42 (out of 10). According to the McGill Melzack Pain Questionnaire, 55.4% of the patients stated that movement increases their pain. It was found that 75.4% of the patients were dependent on dressing and 50.8% in bathroom activities. A statistically significant negative moderate correlation was found between Katz Activities of Daily Living Index total score and pain score averages (r = .44, p = .000). It was found that the independent variables of the patients' gender (β = .-232 p = .004) and total score of activities of daily living (β =-.373 p = .000) significantly predicted the severity of pain and the model was significant (p = .000). It was determined that the variables explained 27% of the total variance. Conclusion: It was determined that the patients experienced moderate pain after the surgery and they were found to be addicted in their daily living activities. As the pain intensity of the patients increases, their addiction in daily living activities increases. The mean pain score of female patients was found to be higher than the average of pain score of male patients.