Advances in Nursing & Midwifery

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Background and aim

beings.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

Valey 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:

length 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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of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

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