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Do a health education booklet and telephone follow-up regarding the use of long-term oxygen therapy influence patients' health-related outcomes?

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Medical Surgical Nursing

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Long-term oxygen therapy is the cornerstone of treatment for patients with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory failure. Patients must adhere to it to improve respiratory function as well as health status. Aim: To determine the influence of a health educational booklet and telephone follow-up sessions about long-term oxygen therapy influence on patients' health-related outcomes. Research design: One group pre-and post-test. Setting: Chest Diseases Department and Outpatient Chest Clinic within the Main Assuit University Hospital. Subject: Thirty patients with COPD received LTOT. Tool one: A structured interviews sheet with COPD patients. Tool two: Health Status assessment questionnaire involved two parts: the first section, the Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire for COPD Patients (SGRQ-C), and the second section, the Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale (MMRC).  Results:  After receiving a health educational booklet and subsequent telephone follow-up sessions at 3 and 6 months, there was a noteworthy enhancement in arterial blood gas values and all components of the Saint George's Respiratory and Dyspnea scores, displaying statistical significance (p-value = 0.001**). Conclusion: The health educational booklet and telephone follow-up sessions regarding LTOT usage led to enhancements in patients' health-related outcomes, a reduced frequency of hospital admissions, alleviated dyspnea, improved arterial blood gas and spirometry values, and enhanced overall health status. Recommendations: A health educational booklet and subsequent telephone follow-up sessions are recommended to be an integral part of and relevant to patients' education to uncover patients' attitudes toward clinical practice procedures.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2024.290475.1303

Keywords

A Health Educational Booklet, Long-term oxygen therapy, Patients’ health - related outcomes, Sessions & Telephone follow-up

Authors

First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Medical surgical nursing department- Faculty of nursing- Assiut University- Assiut- Egypt

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hassanali@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

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First Name

Martha

Last Name

Labieb

MiddleName

Melek

Affiliation

Gerontological Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University- Assiut- Egypt

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martha@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

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Volume

11

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2

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48277

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2024-05-29

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2024-06-30

Page Start

219

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246

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2356-8658

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2682-3241

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866

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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Do a health education booklet and telephone follow-up regarding the use of long-term oxygen therapy influence patients' health-related outcomes?

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24 Dec 2024