On the Effect of Discharge Education on Discharge Readiness and Satisfaction Given by Teach Back Method to Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

While the discharge plan and education of the surgical patient constitute an important part of nursing care, it is also an indispensable element in improving the patient's quality of life. Early discharge training after lumbar disc herniation surgery relieves the patient's anxiety and facilitates compliance with the treatment. Patients' readiness for discharge includes adequate recovery for safe discharge, physical stability, functional ability, ability to manage self-care at home, and coping skills. The primary aim of this study is to examine the effect of discharge training given by the Teach Back Method on patients with lumbar disc herniation surgery on their readiness for discharge. The second aim of the study is to determine the satisfaction of the patients in the group using the Teach Back Method at discharge training.

Method Study design and setting: This randomized controlled trial will conduct at the Neurosurgery Service of Famagusta State Hospital and the Neurosurgery Clinic of the Nicosia Doctor Burhan Nalbantoglu State Hospital.

Sampling: The sample size of the study, the significance level of the hypothesis and the effect size were taken into account and the statistical power calculation related to the analyzes was made on the G Power 3.1.9.4 computer program. In the calculation made, the number of units in the sample was calculated as at least 68 people, 34 in each group, under the assump tions of 95% confidence interval, 80% power, and effect size 0.50.

Randomization: Allocation software was used to allocate the participants into two groups with equal numbers. Patients who meet the inclusion criteria of the study will be interviewed in the patient room by the researcher at the time of their admission to the hospital, and written and verbal consents will be obtained from the patients. Patients will then be included in the control or intervention group according to the randomization table.

Intervention: For the patients in the control group, the Personal Data Collection Form and the Readiness to Discharge Scale and Knowledge test will be filled. The discharge training of the patients in the control group will be given by the health professionals responsible for their care and treatment according to their clinical routines. The patients in the intervention group, on the other hand, will be trained with the teach-back method after completing the Personal Data Collection Form, Knowledge Test, and the "Ready to Discharge Scale". In these trainings, "Discharge Training Booklet", which will be prepared by the researcher, will be used as training material. This booklet will include information about discharge after Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery. Expert opinion will be taken for the booklet. On the day of discharge, the patients in both groups will be given the 'Ready to Discharge Scale' and the 'Discharge Training Satisfaction Scale' and Knowledge Test.