Psychosocial needs by patients ho have undergone surgery on the digestive tract assisted by systematic and personal nursing care

Abstract

This study had as its main purpose to check the level of meeting the psychosocial needs on information, security, love-esteem noticed by patients who have undergone surgery on the digestive tract, assisted by systematic and personal nursing care. This assistance was increased from the first 24 hours after the patient admission to the hospital, in the preoperative period, up to the fourth day post-operative, or before that date, when the patient was discharged. The developed methodology favored the establishment of a positive nurse-patient interaction, leading the patient to have the opportunity of clearing their doubts and receiving information about probable happenings which ho would undergo during his stay at the hospital for surgery. By the analysis of the results, it was verified that the levels of meeting the needs on information, security and love-esteem presented a sample average of 79, 95 and 89 points respectively, ina a 0-100 scale, representing acceptable levels in the context of this work.