Comparison of mechanically ventilated patients with three types of
Advances in Nursing & Midwifery,
Vol. 22 No. 77 (2013),
25 April 2013
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Page 46-51
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background and aim
: Communication is one of the most essential needs of humanbeings.Mechanical ventilation compromises patients’ ability to communicate their needs. This
research was conducted to assess the effect of three methods of communication with patients
receiving mechanical on their satisfaction in Arak hospitals 1389(2010).
Method and materials
: This randomized clinical trial was conducted in Intensive Care Units ofValey Asr, Amir Al Momenin and Ghods hospitals in Arak ,Iran. 60 patients who were admitted in
ICU and were receiving mechanical ventilation were included in the study. These patients were
randomly allocated in three groups.During a 12 hours period researcher used 1 method of
communication for each group of these patients. These mrthods of communication included :A:
Communicational board (words & letters). B: Communicational board (pictures & letters). C: The
conventional method. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of
three parts: demographic variables, medical history and satisfaction with communication
method.Validity of the instrument was assured by content validity index. , Cronbach's alpha was
used to determine the reliability of the iinstrument. SPSS, version 16 was used for data analysis.
Findings:
There was not a significant difference among three groups in terms of age, gender, meanlength of stay in the ICU before mechanical ventilation treatment. The mean satisfaction scores
were 2.58, 3.83 and 4.10 for conventional communication group, communication board A ( words
& letters) and communication board B( pictures and letters) respectively. There was a significant
difference among three groups in terms of their satisfaction with communication method
(P<0.001).The one way analysis of variance indicated that using communication boards A & B
significantly increased patient satisfaction.
Conclusion: Using communication boards facilitates communication with mechanically ventilated
patients and increase their satisfaction.
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Corresponding Author: Ziba Farahani Borzabadi, Borzabadi Farahani. Dept.of Nursing, Facultyof Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Email:
ziba_farahani_2000@Yahoo.com
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