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Expectations of patients submitted to myocardial revascularization surgery at the time of hospital discharge
Expectativas de pacientes submetidos à cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio no momento da alta hospitalar
Expectativas de los pacientes sometidos a cirugía de revascularización miocárdica en el momento del alta hospitalaria
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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 universi... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
nursing; nursing services; heart disease; patient; surgery; health behavior; expectation; impact; life style; Brazil; Latin America; South America
Classification
Medical Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 2670-2687
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i3.2670-2687
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed