جامعة الكوت - University of kut - بحوث زينب مهدي صالح

السنة	عنوان البحث	نشر البحث
2018	Knowledge and Self Care Practices Among Elderly Patients after Total Hip Joint Replacement	Zagazig Nursing Journal
Background: Hip Joint Replacement is the most frequently performed and effective surgeries worldwide, which is mainly carried out among elderly people. Aim of the study: Assess knowledge and self-care practices among elderly patients after total hip joint replacement. Subjects and Methods: Research design: A descriptive design was adopted to carry out this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the orthopedic outpatient clinics in two hospitals named Nasr City Hospital, and El Nile Hospital. Subjects: purposive sample of 135 elderly patients. Tools of data collection: Tool I: Structure interview questionnaire consisted of two parts; Demographic characteristics assessment and elderly patients' knowledge with total hip replacement. Tool II: Observation checklist to assess self-care practices regarding activities of daily living of the elderly patients with total hip replacement. Results: The study reveals that 65.2% of elderly patients were in age group less than 65 years, as well as 74.8% were males. Regarding elderly patients educational level 30.4% had secondary education, overall, only 17.9% of elderly had good knowledge, also the percent of elderly patients that feel independent about their practice was 6.3%. Conclusion: unfortunately, the majorities of the study subjects had low level knowledge, and were partially dependent concerning their practice. Recommendations: nursing interventions and training programs should be developed in in the study setting for more improvements.