Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: January-March | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 111-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20220119
A Study to Assess the Prevalence and Reasons of Readmission and Health Practices among Patients with Prolapsed Inter Vertebral Disc (PIVD) in Selected Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal
Madhuchhanda Das1, Subhra Srimani2
1,2Tutor, Sister Nivedita University Nursing Institute, Newtown, West Bengal.
Corresponding Author: Madhuchhanda Das
ABSTRACT
A descriptive survey was conducted to assess the prevalence and reasons of readmission and health practices among patients with Prolapsed Inter Vertebral Disc (PIVD) in selected hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal. The objectives were to identify the prevalence of readmission of PIVD patients, to find out the reasons of readmission, to assess the stated health practices of the PIVD patients and to determine the association of health practices of readmitted PIVD patients with selected variables in selected hospital, Kolkata. The conceptual framework was based on precede-proceed model of modified Behavioral Theory of Jean Watson. Survey research design was adopted. Convenience sampling technique was used to select 60 readmitted PIVD patients of a tertiary hospital of Kolkata. Interview schedule, record analysis proforma and a checklist were used to collect data regarding demographic and clinical profile of the patients, prevalence and reasons of readmission and health practices respectively. Average percentage of readmission from 2015 to 2017 was 33. Majority of the patients were readmitted due to low back pain (35%) and bladder incontinence (21.66%). Twenty-four (40%) respondents gave the history of avoiding regular long travelling, 19 (31.66%) respondents used to avoid squatting. Nearly half of the respondents (45; 75%) managed pain by using analgesic tablet. No patient used medicated soft shoes advised during discharge. Thirty-two (53.33%) patients used bed made up of hard surface and 18 (30%) patients used lumbo-sacral belt. Statistically significant associations were found between level of education of the patients and use of lumbo-sacral belt and doing regular exercise and habitat and habit of avoiding squatting and gender and regular exercise habit. The study has implications for nursing practice, education, administration and research. Further studies were recommended depending on the findings of the present study.
Keywords: Prolapsed Inter Vertebral Disc (PIVD); Readmission; Prevalence of readmission; Health practice; Reasons of readmission.