OBJECTIVE: To compare the information needs 24 to 48 hours before hospital discharge of male and female patients who have undergone first-time coronary artery bypass surgery. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive-comparative. SETTING: Teaching hospital in a city in central Canada. SAMPLE: The sample consisted of 20 men and 20 women who had undergone elective coronary artery bypass surgery for the first time. INSTRUMENTS: Patient Learning Needs Scale and open-ended question. RESULTS: No differences were found in information needs between men and women. The highest areas of information needs included: treatment and complications, activities, medications, and enhancing quality of life. CONCLUSION: Men and women have similar information needs after coronary artery bypass surgery. They both want information concerning treatment and complications, activities of living, enhancing their quality of life, and medications.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the information needs 24 to 48 hours before hospital discharge of male and female patients who have undergone first-time coronary artery bypass surgery. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive-comparative. SETTING: Teaching hospital in a city in central Canada. SAMPLE: The sample consisted of 20 men and 20 women who had undergone elective coronary artery bypass surgery for the first time. INSTRUMENTS: Patient Learning Needs Scale and open-ended question. RESULTS: No differences were found in information needs between men and women. The highest areas of information needs included: treatment and complications, activities, medications, and enhancing quality of life. CONCLUSION:Men and women have similar information needs after coronary artery bypass surgery. They both want information concerning treatment and complications, activities of living, enhancing their quality of life, and medications.
Authors: Paul Keessen; Ingrid Cd van Duijvenbode; Corine Hm Latour; Roderik A Kraaijenhagen; Veronica R Janssen; Harald T Jørstad; Wilma Jm Scholte Op Reimer; Bart Visser Journal: JMIR Cardio Date: 2022-05-25