Context: Most people experience back or neck pain at some point in their lives, many daily
activities become difficult to do, a common cause of back or neck pain is a herniated disk. An
Educational program were developed to enhance patient's health outcome by improve ability to
perform activity of daily living and their quality of life. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate
the effectiveness of applying an educational program on health outcomes for patients with cervical
disc herniation. Design: A quasi-experimental (pre/posttest) research design was utilized. Setting:
the study was carried out at the orthopedic department at Benha University Hospitals. Subjects: A
purposive sample of 33 patients of both genders who admitted to the orthopedic department and
diagnosed with cervical disc herniation. Tools: two tools were used for data collection include I:
Structured questionnaire assessment divided into two parts: Patients’ socio demographic data and
patients’ knowledge assessment about cervical disc herniation, II: Patient health outcome dived
into two parts, part one :Barthel Index Scale of Activities of Daily Living and part two: Quality of
life questionnaire. The results: It showed statistically significant improvement in patients’ level of
knowledge post program. Also, there was statistically significant regarding activities of daily
living post program implementation and there was statistically significant in patients’ quality of life
post program implementation compared to pre implementation level P. value = 0.000 |
