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Preoperative Education In Lumbar Fusion Patients: Impact On Postoperative Disability Perception, Megan Curtis
Preoperative Education In Lumbar Fusion Patients: Impact On Postoperative Disability Perception, Megan Curtis
Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects
Background/Review of Literature: A lumbar fusion is a complex surgical intervention with many postoperative guidelines and restrictions. Preparing patients with surgery specific education has shown to decrease their sense of disability and postoperative pain in other surgical specialties, but a disparity exists in spinal surgery.
Purpose: To examine the effect of a preoperative education class for lumbar fusion patients on their perceived level of disability, the number of patient phone calls made to the neurosurgery office, the number of postoperative emergency room (ER) visits, and the number of hospital readmissions after surgery.
Methods: A quality improvement project utilizing a quantitative …
Prevalence Of Stress, Urge, And Mixed Urinary Incontinence In Women, Chaandini Jayachandran
Prevalence Of Stress, Urge, And Mixed Urinary Incontinence In Women, Chaandini Jayachandran
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Urinary Incontinence is a common affliction that impairs quality of life and restricts social activity in adult women. Based on etiology and pathophysiology, urinary incontinence is classified into Stress, Urge, and Mixed urinary incontinence. Knowledge of the specific type of incontinence helps in determining course of treatment. A retrospective, descriptive, observational study was designed to determine the percentage of new patients seeking treatment for bladder complaints, who were identified by Medical, Epidemiological, and Social aspects of Aging (MESA) questionnaire to reflect Stress, Urge, or Mixed urinary incontinence. The secondary aim was to investigate any trends other variables studied that showed …