@article { author = {Mohamed Abdel Razeq, Afnan and Fouad Abdalla, Kamelia and Nabil Abd El Salam, Shaimaa}, title = {Relation Between Discharge Instructions Compliance and Quality of Life among the Patients Post Hip Arthroplasty Surgery}, journal = {Egyptian Journal of Health Care}, volume = {13}, number = {4}, pages = {1185-1195}, year = {2022}, publisher = {Ain Shams University, Faculty of Nursing}, issn = {1687-9546}, eissn = {3009-6766}, doi = {10.21608/ejhc.2022.267728}, abstract = {Background: Hip arthroplasty (HA) is the surgical replacement of all or part of the hip joint with anartificial device. Essentially, the discharge planning nurse plays crucial role to ensure that all instructionsare included to enhance patients outcome. Aim: Assess the relation between discharge instructionscompliance and quality of life for the patients post hip arthroplasty Design: A descriptive exploratoryresearch design was utilized for the conduction of this study. Setting: The study was conducted inoutpatient’s orthopedic clinic at El Hadara hospital affiliated to Alexandria University Hospitals. Study subjects: A purposive sample of (50) adult patients post hip arthroplasty. Data Collection Tools: I -Patients interviewing questionnaire, II - Patients Compliance assessment sheet. III- Patient’s quality of life short form (SF-36) questionnaire. Result: (48%) of patients were compliant, (52%) ofthem were non-complaint as well as (36%) of patients had low QoL, (46%) had average QoL; & (18%)had high QoL. Conclusion: Less than half of studied patients were compliant while slightly more thanhalf of them were non-complaint. Along with slightly more than one third of the patients had low QoL,less than one quarter of them had high QoL & slightly less than half of them had average QoL;Additionally, there were highly statistically significant positive correlation between total level ofcompliance among the studied patients post hip arthroplasty surgery according & total quality of lifelevel. Recommendations: The necessity of designing, implementing and evaluation of collaborative,informative, attractive discharge plan that address arthroplasty discharge needs, considering the healthcare providers time constraint and patient’s short hospitalstay.}, keywords = {discharge instructions,Compliance,quality of life,Hip Arthroplasty Surgery}, url = {https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/article_267728.html}, eprint = {https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/article_267728_7df5ec8cdf265130e0286dd96b0d6bf2.pdf} }