Symptoms and care satisfaction in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Objective: This study was conducted to investigate of symptoms and care satisfaction in patients who had a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Methods: The study population consisted of patients who had a coronary artery bypass graft surgery in a public and a foundation hospital in Istanbul between December 2018 and May 2019 and the study sample 176 patients who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to take part in the study. The study data were collected using the self-report method with the help of a Patient Description Form, the Heart Surgery Symptom Inventory (HSSI) and the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale (NSNS). The data were analysed on the SPSS version 22.0 software. The data were analysed using numbers, percentages, minimum and maximum values, means and standard deviations, t-test, variance analysis and Pearson correlation analysis. Results: The patients were found after their CABG surgery to experience pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, lack of appetite, nausea and woundrelated symptoms. The most common complaint of the patients after the surgery was sleep problems and the least common wound-related symptoms. The mean HSSI score of the participating patients was 71.22±31.39 and the mean NSNS score 52.87±22.54, which meant that the severity of their post-surgery symptoms and their satisfaction with care were at a moderate level. Post-surgery pain, lack of appetite, nausea and wound-related symptoms were found to have a statistically significant moderate negative correlation with care satisfaction (p<0.05) and shortness of breath, fatigue and insomnia to have a statistically significant strong negative correlation with care satisfaction (p<0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that patients who experienced less symptoms of pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, sleep disorders, lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and wound infection after a CABG surgery were more satisfied with the nursing care.