Title

Pre and post-operative self-care management among women undergoing hysterectomy

Authors

Amita Shilpa Gottlieb¹, N. Sivasubramanian², Patel Chilka Rajeshbhai², B. Mahalakshmi^2,*, Patel Daminiben Bharatbhai² & R. Gopal²

Affiliation

¹Graphic Era College of Nursing, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttrakhand -248002, India; ²Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat -384315, India; Corresponding Author*

Email

N. Sivasubramanian - E-mail: sn.fn@spu.ac.in

Patel Chilka RajeshbhaiE-mail: chilka.p.6@gmail.com

B. Mahalakshmi - E-mail: mb.fn@spu.ac.in

Patel Daminiben Bharatbhai- E-mail: Daminipte5211.@gmail.com

R. Gopal – E-mail: gopal.winner@gmail.com

Amita Shilpa Gottlieb - E-mail: shilpa.2007mscn81@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2023; Revised June 30, 2023; Accepted June 30, 2023, Published June 30, 2023

Surgery is a major part in the field of Gynecology. Hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus which is leading non-obstetric surgery worldwide, after caesarean sections. The objective of the current study was to determine how well women undergoing hysterectomy surgery managed their pre-operative and post-operative self-care. A quasi experimental single group pre-test and posttest design was used for this inquiry. Pre - and post-operative self-care management questionnaires were used to collect data from 60 women. Utilizing descriptive and inferential statistics like mean, standard deviation, and chi-square test, data were gathered and examined. Data analysis revealed, the mean post-test knowledge score (23.81) was greater than the mean pre-test knowledge score (10.33). The average disparity was (13.48) with the estimated "t" value (16.003), which was more than the table value (1.67) at 0.05 level of significance, showing that the self-care management education program was successful in increasing women's understanding on hysterectomy. The study concluded that pre- and post-operative self-care management education program had significantly improved health status among women underwent hysterectomy.

Keywords

Pre-operative and post-operative, self-care management, hysterectomy

Citation

Gottlieb et al. Bioinformation 19(6): 721-724 (2023)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.