The investigation of patient's attendant education on preventing of immobility's complications

Mobility is one of the physiologic needs of human and is the most basic of human needs classification, and immobility has bad impacts on all of the body systems.One of the main duties of the nurses, is to teach the patient to contribute in self-care programs.The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the patient's attendant Participation in teaching programs on the patient's self care function for preventing immobility's complications in the patients who had been hospitaized in orthopedic wards of Shohada Hospital of Khoramabd in 2004. This research is a semi-experimental pre and post study. The sample consisted of 60 patients who had the orthopedic problems which leaded to immobility and were chosen gradually by sampling and were studied in two groups of 30 patients. The teaching programs for prevention of immobility complications were given in the control group only to the patients and in the exprimental group,to patient and his /her main attendant.the data collecting tools were damographic questionaire and self care function check list for preventing immobility complications, which were filled out before teaching and after the educational program. Teaching in both groups caused the improvement of self –care function and attributed to preventing the immobility complications (P=0.000).but this improvement in the group of teaching the patient and his/her attendant was better and more than the group of teaching only to the patient (p=0.000). Considering the results and new nursing theories, including the family center caring is purposed that the patients’ attendants should be taken part in teaching and caring programs for the patients.