Effect of Discharge Training Program on Patient Outcomes Following Oncology Surgery

Background: Preparing patients post oncology surgery to manage their care at home enhances
patient safety, decreases the frequency of unnecessary emergency center visits and unplanned
readmissions, and improves patient satisfaction Aim: Assess the effect of a structured discharge
training program on patient outcomes following oncology surgery Methodology: Research design:
A quasi experimental research design one group pre/posttest was utilized in November 2020 -
March 2021. Setting: oncology hospital menofiya university hospital Subject: Convenience sample
of patients exposed to oncology surgery (50 patients). Tools of data collection: Researcher used
four tools as patient’s characteristics, functional assessment of cancer therapy- general, coping and
adaptation processing scale and Rosenberg self-esteem scale Results: presented that 48%, 50%,
56%, and 46% of the participants had low physical, social, emotional, and functional well-being
before the study intervention, respectively. Compared to 14%, 18%, 28%, and 16% after
implementation of the discharge training program. The total high coping and adaptation processing
before the discharge training program implementation was 20%, compared with 42% after the
implementation with a highly statistically significant difference at p <0.01 Conclusions: the
discharge training program significantly improved and empowered the patients to have a greater
sense of control over their illness, coping & adaptation, self-esteem and improve their quality of life.
Recommendation: Replication of the study on a large sample and the different settings is
recommended for generalization on large scale