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Perceived Therapeutic Self-Care Ability of Patients in Surgical Units: A Multisite Survey

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  • Hussan Zeb
  • Ahtisham Younas
  • Amara Sundus
  • Mubashir Iqbal
  • Khurram Ishaq

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Assessing patients’ therapeutic self-care ability allows nurses to initialize care and implement interventions to enhance their self-care abilities. However, sociocultural beliefs and determinants can affect patients’ self-care practices. This study determined perceived therapeutic self-care ability of patients in surgical units in Pakistan. A survey was conducted using a purposive sample 511 patients admitted to surgical units for at least 24 hours. Data were collected using the Urdu version of Therapeutic Self-Care Measure. The mean self-care ability score was 20.05 ± 4.3. Patients felt more prepared to take their medications, but less prepared to respond to any unforeseeable physical changes. Significant difference was found between self-care ability of male (20.68 ± 4.15) and female (19.18 ± 4.27) ( p  

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  • Hussan Zeb & Ahtisham Younas & Amara Sundus & Mubashir Iqbal & Khurram Ishaq, 2023. "Perceived Therapeutic Self-Care Ability of Patients in Surgical Units: A Multisite Survey," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 32(2), pages 414-422, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:32:y:2023:i:2:p:414-422
    DOI: 10.1177/10547738221078901
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