Expectations of patients submitted to myocardial revascularization surgery at the time of hospital discharge

Abstract

Objective: recognizing the expectations of patients submitted to myocardium revascularization surgery at the time of hospital discharge. Method: a descriptive-exploratory study of aqualitative approach carried out with ten patients in post-operative myocardium revascularization surgery of a university hospital in the south of Brazil. The data were collected from July to August, 2012, through a semi-structured interview and were analyzed based on content analysis. Results: the results were grouped into a category that focuses on patients' expectations facing the recovery process and returning to daily activities. It was found out that this phase is challenging for the subjects, in special with feelings of anxiety and worry about the future, besides having weaknesses in relation to the knowledge about changes of habits imposed by the process of illness. Conclusions: surgery causes a significant impact on the patients' lives, thus being necessary the effective intervention by the nursing staff, in order to optimizing the recovery process.