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Impact of educational intervention on understanding health recommendations after liver transplantation
Josely Santana do Amorim1, Angela Aparecida de Lima1, Agnaldo Soares Lima2
1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Objectives:
to evaluate the impact of educational intervention on understanding health recommendations after liver transplantation.
Methods:
randomized and prospective clinical trial, with 68 liver transplant recipients in two institutions. The level of understanding was assessed using a statement agreement scale and the understanding score was classified. Chi-square test was used to compare groups.
Results:
the level of understanding was reasonable in 77.9% of patients, 73.5% in the Control Group and 82.3% in the Intervention Group (p=0.399). For topics covered after educational action, there were more than 80% correct answers regarding nutrition, frequent hydration, usage and function of immunosuppressants. However, there were less than 10% correct answers regarding hand hygiene, contact with animals and crowds of people. The use of the patient's audio, visual and tactile resources led to improved understanding of skin care (p=0.014).
Conclusions:
the level of understanding acquired regarding health recommendations was only reasonable.
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