Determination Of Factors Affecting Mobility

Sanko University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06531057

SankoU-Nursing-EK-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

This descriptive study was conducted to determine the factors affecting mobility in patients undergoing abdominal surgery.

Full description

Surgical factors that may affect the mobility of patients undergoing abdominal surgery should be examined, as well as individual characteristics and characteristics related to the postoperative period. If nurses know about the factors that may affect the patient's mobility after surgery, this may be helpful in effectively managing these factors in clinics and encouraging the patient to be more active.

This study was conducted to determine the mobility of patients who underwent abdominal surgery in the early postoperative period and the factors affecting mobility.

Enrollment: 152 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • had no chronic pain or no visual or hearing impairment,

  • were 18 years of age or older,
  • were conscious after surgery,
  • had walked for the first time in the patient room after the surgery according to the clinical routine,
  • were voluntary to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Fifty four patients who did not speak Turkish and 28 patients who failed to walk for the first time after surgery were excluded from the study.

Trial design

152 participants in 1 patient group

cross sectional

Description:

The population of the study consisted of 236 patients who underwent cholecystectomy, appendectomy, hernia surgery and bariatric surgery in the general surgery clinic of the specified hospital on the dates of data collection. Among these patients, 152 patients who met the sampling criteria and volunteered to participate in the study were included in the sample.