A STUDY TO ASSESS THE ASSOCIATION OF POST-INTERVENTIONAL SATISFACTION LEVEL REGARDING COMMUNICATION PATTERN WITH DURATION OF STAY ON MECHANICAL VENTILATION AMONG MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS.
The present study aimed to assess the association of post-interventional satisfaction level regarding communication pattern with duration of stay on mechanical ventilation among mechanically ventilated patients who had undergone cardiac surgery. The data was collected from 60 mechanically ventilated patients (30 in experimental group and 30 in control group) admitted in selected hospital, Amritsar, Punjab. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. Two groups were selected for the study, one experimental and one control. The experimental group was provided with the communication board as an intervention to meet their communication needs (4 -5 times during morning time) by researcher, until they are extubated. The control group was not provided with communication board, they relied on standard care and on the experience of nurses. Modified Likert scale was used to assess the post-interventional satisfaction level regarding communication pattern after extubation, in both experimental and control group. The study findings revealed that, according to association of post-interventional satisfaction level regarding communication pattern in experimental and control group with duration of stay on mechanical ventilation was found significant as computed by chi-square at p<0.05 in experimental group whereas, in control group, it was found statistically non-significant.