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Abstract
Thyroid disorders are common endocrine disorders encountered worldwide. About 200 to 800 million people in the world have some form of thyroid disease. The prevalence of different types of thyroid disease varied between the studies in the Arab World. Moreover, Libya, Egypt and Bahrain suffering from different forms of thyroid disorders which reported by around 10 % to 50% among them. Additionally, Thyroid surgeries have tripled over the past three decades; benign or malignant disease, thyroidectomy is performed each year for both male and female patients but is more common on women .By reviewing the medical records and statistical data of the general surgical departments at Mansoura University Hospital revealed that there is a continuous increase in percentage of patients who were admitted for in relation to other surgical patients.Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of health teaching handouts on patients’ outcome who undergoing thyroidectomy in General Surgical Departments at Mansoura University Hospitals.Materials and Method:- The study subjects consisted of forty two patients (all available adult patients) admitted to the General Surgical Departments at Mansoura University Hospital from the first of May 2017 till the end of August 2017 for the purpose of total thyroidectomy surgery and excluded patients with psychiatric disorder or other health disease such as coronary artery disease until the sample is presented. Assessment questionnaire sheet according to was developed by the researcher after reviewing of up to date literature in which each patient was interviewed individually for 3 consecutive days for half an hour and this tool consists of 3 parts:Results: Slightly less than half (45.2%) of the patients aged 40 to less than 50 years old. Around two third (61.9%) of them were female. Regarding level of education around two fifth (38.1%) illiterate compared to the minority (9.5%) of them were university educated. The majority (83.3%) of them were married. Finally, slightly less than two third (61.9%) of the studied patients were not work.There is a significant relation between patient’s knowledge pre and post using of the health teaching handouts on medication use post thyroidectomy care, where Fisher Exact Test is 5.320 with P value (0.036). There is a significant relation between patient’s knowledge pre and post using of the health teaching handouts on lifestyle post thyroidectomy care, where Fisher Exact Test is 5.075 with P value (0.035). Thyroid disorders are common endocrine disorders encountered worldwide. About 200 to 800 million people in the world have some form of thyroid disease. The prevalence of different types of thyroid disease varied between the studies in the Arab World. Moreover, Libya, Egypt and Bahrain suffering from different forms of thyroid disorders which reported by around 10 % to 50% among them. Additionally, Thyroid surgeries have tripled over the past three decades; benign or malignant disease, thyroidectomy is performed each year for both male and female patients but is more common on women. By reviewing the medical records and statistical data of the general surgical departments at Mansoura University Hospital revealed that there is a continuous increase in percentage of patients who were admitted for in relation to other surgical patients. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of health teaching handouts on patients’ outcome who undergoing thyroidectomy in General Surgical Departments at Mansoura University Hospitals.Materials and Method:- The study subjects consisted of forty two patients (all available adult patients) admitted to the General Surgical Departments at Mansoura University Hospital from the first of May 2017 till the end of August 2017 for the purpose of total thyroidectomy surgery and excluded patients with psychiatric disorder or other health disease such as coronary artery disease until the sample is presented. Assessment questionnaire sheet according to was developed by the researcher after reviewing of up to date literature in which each patient was interviewed individually for 3 consecutive days for half an hour and this tool consists of 3 parts: Results: Slightly less than half (45.2%) of the patients aged 40 to less than 50 years old. Around two third (61.9%) of them were female. Regarding level of education around two fifth (38.1%) illiterate compared to the minority (9.5%) of them were university educated. The majority (83.3%) of them were married. Finally, slightly less than two third (61.9%) of the studied patients were not work There is a significant relation between patient’s knowledge pre and post using of the health teaching handouts on medication use post thyroidectomy care, where Fisher Exact Test is 5.320 with P value (0.036). There is a significant relation between patient’s knowledge pre and post using of the health teaching handouts on lifestyle post thyroidectomy care, where Fisher Exact Test is 5.075 with P value (0.035).There is a highly significant relation between patient’s total knowledge pre and post using of the health teaching handouts on thyroidectomy care, where Fisher Exact Test is 4.296 with P value (0.044).There is a significant relation between patient’s knowledge pre using of the health teaching handouts on thyroidectomy care and their education , where Fisher Exact Test is 8.698 with P value (0.047), while there is no significant relation between patient’s knowledge and other demographic characteristics (age, sex, marital status and occupation). There is a highly significant relation between patient’s knowledge post using of the health teaching handouts on thyroidectomy care and their education , where Fisher Exact Test is 21.808 with P value (˂0.0 The majority (88%) of the studied patients have poor knowledge about thyroidectomy care pre using health teaching handouts. Whereas, more than half (52.4%) of the studied patients have fair knowledge about thyroidectomy care post using of the health teaching handouts. Around two fifth (40.5%) of them have good knowledge compared to the minority (7.1%) who have poor knowledge. <Recommendation: 1. Simple handouts as booklets and brochures about thyroidectomy care were distributed at the surgical units. 2.Evidence-based thyroidectomy care guidelines should be integrated in medical surgical courses curriculum for nursing students. 3. Thyroid dysfunction management enhancing educational session should be applied at the general hospitals.units. 2.Evidence-based thyroidectomy care guidelines should be integrated in medical surgical courses curriculum for nursing students. 3. Thyroid dysfunction management enhancing educational session should be applied at the general hospitals.