%0 Journal Article
%T Determination of the Problems Experienced by Patients Post
%A Semra Atasayar
%A Sevil Guler Demir
%J Clinical Nursing Research
%@ 1552-3799
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1054773817729074
%X This descriptive, cross-sectional study investigated problems experienced by patients after undergoing a thyroidectomy. The study included 60 first-time, post-thyroidectomy patients diagnosed with benign thyroid disease from a university hospital¡¯s general surgery clinic in Ankara, Turkey. The data were collected in two stages: interviews with patients on the first day following surgery and postoperative follow-up telephone interviews in each of the first 4 weeks following surgery. The follow-ups revealed that patients principally experienced varying degrees of pain and difficulties in connection with work and recreation, communication, body image, and movement, for up to 4 weeks after surgery. These results showed that patients were particularly prone to problems on the first day and during the first week of the postoperative period; therefore, patients should be provided with follow-up telephone interviews to facilitate easier recovery and to help them overcome any problems experienced during the postoperative period
%K thyroidectomy
%K postoperative period
%K problems
%K telephone follow-up
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1054773817729074