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Impact of Liver Cirrhosis upon Patient Physical and Social Communication at Baghdad Teaching Hospitals

Haider Mohammed Majeed, , Haider Mohammed Majeed1 , Hussein Hadi Atiyah2

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Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing 13(2):p 57-63, . | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.13224.3
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Haider Mohammed Majeed, Hussein Hadi Atiyah. Impact of Liver Cirrhosis upon Patient Physical and Social Communication
at Baghdad Teaching Hospitals. J Surg. Nurs.2024;13(2):57-63.
 

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Objectives: To assess impact of liver cirrhosis up on adult patient's physical and social  communication and to find out the relationship between sociodemographic characteristic with  physical and social communication. Methodology: A descriptive study is carried out throughout the present study to physical and social communication for patients with liver cirrhosis who attended the outpatient clinic  department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Teaching Hospital and Baghdad Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad. The study was carried out during the period extended from 28th October  2014 to 15th May, 2015. A purposive (non-probability) sample of (100) patients with liver cirrhosis. Questionnaire form was constructed for purpose of the study and it comprised of three parts. They  include 1 demographic characteristics 2 clinical history for patient and family 3 assessment of  physical and social communication. Content validity of the questionnaire was determine through a  panel of (13) experts. Reliability and validity of questionnaire was determined through test re-test  (r= 0.849**) of pilot study. Data was collected by the researcher who interviewed those patients and  filled out the constructed questionnaire form. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistical     approach (frequency, percentage and mean of score) and inferential statistical approach (standard  deviation and correlation coefficient).
Results: The findings of the paper revealed that( 58%) of the study samples were males, and most  of them were age group (48-57) years old, (83%) from the sample was married, high percentage of them were intermediate graduate (43%), most of them (33%) were Free job, majority of the study samples (60%) from urban residence, and (49%) were parley sufficient of monthly income
classification, highest percentage (50%) had hepatitis B & hepatitis C as past medical history and (48%) of the study sample hadn`t family history for any disease.
 

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  • Hussein Hadi Atiyah2
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Keywords Physical and Social communication; Liver cirrhosis.

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