Sopin Srisompotch. Effect of individual teaching on capability for daily activities and complications in patients with mild head injury. Master's Degree(Adult Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2005.
Effect of individual teaching on capability for daily activities and complications in patients with mild head injury
Abstract:
This study was quasi-experimental research aiming to investigate the effect of individual teaching on capability for daily activities and complications in patients with mild head injuries. The samples, were 40 male and female patients with mild head injury who were admitted at the 2 general surgical wards of Somdej Phrabuddhalertlar Hospital. The subjects were divided into a control group and experimental group with 20 subjects in each group. The subjects in the control group received the usual nursing care whereas those in the experimental group received the usual nursing care with individual teaching. The research instruments were a demographic questionnaires, mild head injury record, and capability of daily living activities assessment tool. Data collection was performed from November 2003 to May 2004. Frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and independent t-test were used to analyze the data. The results of the study showed that on the discharge day and at one week after discharge the average scores of capability for daily activities of the experimental group after receiving individual teaching were higher than those of the control group (p<.05). Moreover, the average scores of complications of patients in the experimental group were lower than the corresponding scores of the control group before the intervention and at one week after discharge (p<.05). These findings suggest that nurses should provide individual teaching for patients with mild head injury added to the usual nursing care in order to quicken the patients recovery and keep the patient safe from any possible complications.