Determination of the effect of discharge education and telephone follow up on day surgery cataract patients' recovery period and on activities of living

Determination of The Effect of Discharge Education and Telephone Follow Up on Day Surgery Cataract Patients' Recovery Period and on Activities of Living This study was carried out with patients that had cataract surgery (study group =72, control group=72) in Uludağ University Medical Hospital Eye Clinic. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of the discharge education given to the patients and telephone follow up on their recovery. Data were collected between February- June 2017 using data collection form and patient follow up form designed for this study. Computer assisted discharge education along with patient education booklet were designed according to Model of Living used for patient education of the study group. Data were evaluated using SPSS 20 statistical software. Results were given in numbers, percentages, means and standart deviations. Statistical analyisis were done by using Pearson Chi Square, Mann Whitney U tests. The mean age of the patients that were included in study group was 67,74±11,42. Mean age of the control group patients was calculated as 69,74±10,8. The knowledge related to care after cataract surgery was 1,38±1,74 for study group and 1,04 ± 1,16 was for control group. The discharge education given to patients was found to be effective on some parameters of the Living Model. Statistically significant differences were found between study and control group on applying eye drops, knowledge on using previous eye glasses, knowledge related to protection of the affected eye, differenciate the conditions which requires to call the doctor, conditions that may affect the eye negatively, personal hygene, mobilization and sleeping (p<0,05). All of the parameters related to mobilization were statistically significant. It was found that concerns of the study group patients was higher than control group in parameters of mobilization (p<0,05). Although it was statistically insignificant, pain scores of the patients in study group were high in the 1st, 3rd and 10 th days after cataract surgery. It was also found that discharge education did not have any significant influence on patients' communication, eating and drinking, elimination, sexuality and death activities (p>0,05). Key words: catharact, activities of living, discharge education, telephone follow up