Abstract:
The purposes of this correlational research were to investigate needs of persons after coronary artery bypass graft surgery [CABG] discharge hospital and to identify factors related to needs of persons after CABG discharge hospital based on aged, comorbidity, symptom distress, activities of daily living, social support and pain. The participants were 94 persons after CABG, both male and female, over 18 years old from the Cardiovascular and thoracic clinic at Siriraj Hospital, Rajavithi Hospital and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital were recruited using a multistage sampling technique. The instruments are composed of 1) MMSE-Thai 2002 (for ≥ 60 years old) 2) Demographic questionnaire 3) Needs of patient questionnaire 4) Charlson comorbidity index 5) Symptom distress questionnaire 6) Barthel ADL index 7) Social support questionnaire and 8) Numeric rating scale. 5 experts validated all instrument, the CVI of the 3, 5 and 7 instrument were 0.80, 1.00 and 0.88, respectively. Instrument of the 4, 5 and 8 is gold standard. Reliability of the 3 - 7 instruments were 0.89, 0.81, 0.92, 0.80, 0.85, and 0.97, respectively. The data analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman rank-order correlation. The result revealed as the following: 1. The overall needs score of persons after CABG discharge hospital was at a moderate level (Mean = 104.32, S.D. = 13.56). When considering each aspect, Information needs score was at a high level (Mean = 31.71, S.D. = 4.49), Spiritual needs score were at a high level (Mean = 24.67, S.D. = 3.34), Physiological needs score were at a moderate level (Mean = 20.73, S.D. = 3.45), and Emotional needs score were at a moderate level (Mean = 27.20, S.D. = 4.24). 2. Comorbidity, symptom distress, and pain were positive lower score and significantly related to needs of persons after CABG discharge hospital at the 0.05 level. (Spearman rho = 0.207, Spearman rho = 0.222, and Spearman rho = 0.203, respectively) 3. Activities of daily living were negative lower score and significantly related to needs of persons after CABG discharge hospital at the 0.05 level. (Spearman rho = - 0.243) 4. Aged, social support not related between needs of persons after CABG discharge hospital.