Documenting lifestyle and disease self-management recommendations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Authors

  • Maruša Ahačič University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik 36, 4204 Golnik, Slovenia
  • Saša Kadivec University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik Golnik 36, 4204 Golnik and Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care Spodnji Plavž 3, 4270 Jesenice, Slovenia
  • Jerneja Farkaš-Lainščak General Hospital Murska Sobota, Ulica dr. Vrbnjaka 6, Rakičan, 9000 Murska Sobota and National Institute of Public Health, Trubarjeva cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2018.52.1.184

Keywords:

documentation, hospitalization, patients, interprofessional collaboration

Abstract

Introduction: To achieve a better quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, these patients should be informed about the characteristics of the disease and measures for its effective selfmanagement. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and type of written instructions regarding lifestyle and self-management of the disease in hospital documentation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Methods: A retrospective quantitative study that reviewed all the hospital’s documents (therapy forms, nursing forms, archives of health education programmes, letters of discharge) was conducted including 253 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The results were described in terms of descriptive statistics; chisquare test and ordinal logistic regression were used.
Results: On average, hospital records of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease showed less than 4 instructions (x = 3.8, s = 5.1) about life style and disease self-management. Half of chronic  obstructive pulmonary disease patients received letters of discharge (x = 0.5, s = 0.9) which contained less guidance about lifestyle and self-management of the disease than their hospital records (x2 = 33.455, p < 0.001).  Nurses recorded the instructions five times more frequently than doctors.
Discussion and conclusion: The study showed a low number of written instructions about the life style and self-management of the disease given to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients during hospitalization. It is necessary to raise awareness about the importance of documenting health education instructions and design tools to improve inter-professional communication.

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Author Biographies

Maruša Ahačič, University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik 36, 4204 Golnik, Slovenia

dipl. m. s., mag. zdr. neg.

Saša Kadivec, University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik Golnik 36, 4204 Golnik and Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care Spodnji Plavž 3, 4270 Jesenice, Slovenia

asis. dr. , viš. med. ses., prof. zdr.vzg.

Jerneja Farkaš-Lainščak, General Hospital Murska Sobota, Ulica dr. Vrbnjaka 6, Rakičan, 9000 Murska Sobota and National Institute of Public Health, Trubarjeva cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

doc. dr., dr. med., spec. javnega zdravja

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Published

2018-03-14

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Ahačič, M., Kadivec, S., & Farkaš-Lainščak, J. (2018). Documenting lifestyle and disease self-management recommendations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Slovenian Nursing Review, 52(1), 18–28. https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2018.52.1.184

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