Abstract:
The objectives of this descriptive predictive research were to study recovery among patients with post total laparoscopic hysterectomy within 24-48 hours and identify its predictive factors. A multi stage random sampling was used to recruit subjects from 2 tertiary hospitals, 82 from King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and 27 from Rajavithi Hospital, resulting in 109 subjects. Data were collected using 7 questionnaires: 1) demographic data form, 2) duration of pelvic pain, 3) body mass index, 4) post operative movement ability, 5) the hospital anxiety scale, 6) preoperative care knowledge, and 7) quality of recovery -9. The questionnaires were tested for content validity by 5 experts. Their CVIs were 1.00, 1.00, 0.77, 1.00, 1.00 and 0.77, respectively. Test-retest cofficient of questionnaire 2 was .983. Kappa cofficient of questionnaire number 3 was 1.00. Cronbachs alpha cofficient of questionnaires number 4, 5, and 7 were .878, .806, and .802, respectively. KR-20 of questionnaire number 6 was .67. Data were analyzed using stepwise multiple regression. Findings: The finding revealed that 1) recovery among patients with post total laparoscopic hysterectomy was at moderate level (mean=17.367, SD=3.099), 2) four variables were significant predictors of recovery among patients with total laparoscopic hysterectomy at level .05. They were anxiety (Beta=-.358), preoperative care knowledge (Beta=.415), postoperative movement ability (Beta=.261), and body mass index (Beta=-.257). The could explain 63.2% of recovery variance among patients with post total laparoscopic hysterectomy (p<.05). However, duration of pelvic pain was not able to predict recovery among patients with post total laparoscopic hysterectomy.