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标题：The effect of continuing care on patient's quality-of-life after disc surgery in neurosurgery and very important person wards
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作者：Nasrollah Alimohammadi ; Manijeh Eslami ; Hojatollah Yousefi 等
期刊名称：Journal of Education and Health Promotion
印刷版ISSN：2277-9531
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：106-106
DOI：10.4103/2277-9531.171820
出版社：Medknow Publications
摘要：Background: Today, lumbar herniation discs, a prevalent problem with a sign of lumbar and feet pain in society. Removal of disk by surgery decrease pain but reduce quality-of-life (QOL). In some cases, lake of following and caring of patient after surgery, herniation disc recurrent. Previous studies show that patient education and followings is important, therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of continuing care on patient QOL after disc surgery in neurosurgery and very important person (VIP) ward in Al-Zahra Hospital. Materials and Methods: This study is a clinical trial 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 randomly assigned to two groups (study and control). Patients' response to short form-36 questionnaire before and 4 weeks and 3 months after continuing care in study group, and simultaneously, in the control group. Results: Repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant difference in mean of physical and psychological dimensions before and 4 weeks and 3 months after intervention in study group ( P 0.18). Conclusion: Continuing care improves dimensions of patients' QOL, and it is recommended as a nursing and nonmedical intervention in disc surgery patients.
关键词：Continuing care; lumbar disc surgery; nursing; quality of life