The effectiveness of a health education intervention on self-care of traumatic wounds

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing 2013-09, Vol.22 (17-18), p.2499-2508
• Main Authors: Chen, Yen-Chin, Wang, Yu-Chun, Chen, Wei-Kung, Smith, Marlaine, Huang, Hsiang-Ming, Huang, Li-Chi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Health education; Health Education - methods; Humans; knowledge and skill of wound care; Nursing; patient education; patient in emergency department; Patient safety; Quality of care; Self Care; trauma wound care programme; Wound healing; wound infection; Wounds and Injuries - therapy
• ISSN: 0962-1067; 1365-2702
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04295.x

Aims and objectives To explore the effectiveness of wound care programme for emergency traumatic patient in Taiwan. Background Wound care is one of the most major issues for trauma patients at home. Wound infection has been alerted mostly on medical treatment. Little is known about how healthcare education impact patient care of traumatic wound after discharged from emergency department. Design A quasi‐experimental design was used by using two groups post‐test. Methods Random sampling was used to recruited participants, 89 participants in each group in emergency department at a medical centre in Taiwan. A 25‐minute wound care programme was given to patients in the intervention group. A questionnaire was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the programme after 72 hours as patient followed up in out‐patient department. The data of wound infection were collected from patient's medical record by followed 2 weeks after injured. Results After wound care programme, the knowledge, skills of wounds care, the satisfaction of health education in experimental group are better than the control group (p