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Exploring the Influence of Scheduled Meetings on Physiological Indicators of Hospitalized Patients Satisfaction Facing Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Intensive Care Unit Publisher



Najafi M1 ; Mohammadzadeh H2 ; Heydarian N3 ; Rostami M3 ; Azar TEF4 ; Mahmoodi F5 ; Chaboksavar F6 ; Garmaroudi G5
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  1. 1. Department of Operating Room, Shoushtar Faculty of Medical Sciences, Shoushtar, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Nursing, Shoushtar Faculty of Medical Sciences, Shoushtar, Iran
  3. 3. Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  4. 4. Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

Source: Journal of Education and Health Promotion Published:2022


Abstract

BACKGROUND: Satisfaction of patients is among the top priorities of health-care providers. Meeting with families is essential for patients who are admitted to various wards, although it has been restricted for many reasons such as its impact on physiologic indicators. This present research study aimed to exploring the influence of scheduled meetings on physiological indicators of hospitalized patients satisfaction facing acute myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a nonrandomized clinical trial with a control group conducted in the cardiac care unit ward of Hamadan's Ekbatan Hospital. Sixty patients with acute myocardial infarction were chosen through convenient sampling and assigned to intervention (planned meeting) and control (routine meeting) groups in a nonrandomized manner. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire of patient satisfaction and the observatory checklist of physiologic indicators and then analyzed in IBM SPSS Statistics v23. RESULTS: The total mean score of satisfaction did not significantly differ between the two groups (P = 0.921). The satisfaction of patients for 'the conduct of visitors' was significantly higher in the intervention group (P = 0.005). During the study, no meaningful difference was found between the two groups for physiologic indicators (P > 0.05), while these indicators, except for blood O2 saturation, were meaningfully increased in the control group during routine meetings (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Planned meetings did not promote total satisfaction of patients with meetings, but improved some aspects of satisfaction, such as the conduct of visitors. The planned meeting is recommended as an alternative for a routine meeting, as it did not affect the physiologic indicators of patients in the intervention group. © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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