Malahayati International Journal of Nursing and Health Science
Vol 2, No 2 (2019)

Effects of health training in knowledge and surgical wound management

Eka Yudha Chrisanto (Diploma III in Nursing-Malahayati University, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.)
Nur Afni (Dr. A. Dadi. Tjokrodipo General Hospital-Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Nov 2019

Abstract

Background: The surgery in Indonesia ranks 11th out of 50 treatments for disease patterns in hospitals in Indonesia, which is an estimated 32% of them were laparotomy. The number of abdominal surgical cases in Lampung Province in 2017 was (28.95%) and increased in 2018 by (32.45%).Purpose: Know the effect of health training in knowledge and surgical wound management.Methods: This type of study was quantitative, with the Pre-Experiment design and the design one group pre test - post test. The populations were all of postoperative patients and samples of 34 people with a total sampling technique. Data collection uses questionnaire sheets and the statistical test used dependent t-test.Results: The average knowledge about postoperative wound care before being given health training of 14.18 and a standard deviation of 1.749. The average knowledge about postoperative wound care after being given health training of 17.06 and a standard deviation of 3.142, with p-value = (0,000 <0,05).Conclusion: There was the effect of health training in knowledge and surgical wound management. Health workers are expected to be able to apply the provision of health training to postoperative patients to improve patient knowledge in subsequent care and be used as a reference for making policies regarding the provision of health training to postoperative patients.

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nursing

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Malahayati International Journal of Nursing And Health Science is a peer reviewed journal and provides a platform to publish area of nursing and health science. The journal also seeks to advance the quality of research by publishing papers introducing or elaborate on new methods in nursing and ...