THE DISCHARGE RELATED LEARNING NEEDS OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

Abstract

This study has been carried out to determine the learning needs of patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at the discharge stage. 100 patients undergoing transplantation in the Stem Cell Transplantation Unit of a university hospital in Turkey in 2018 have constituted the sample of the study. The "Patient Information Form" and the "Patient Learning Needs Scale" have been used as data collection tools in the study. In the study, the data have been collected 2-48 hours before the patients were discharged. The mean total score of the Patient Learning Needs Scale of the patients is 212.93±29.37, and the learning needs of the patients are generally high. The mean score of the treatment and complications subscale is 4.40±0.61, and the level of significance of the patients' learning needs is highest in this dimension. This is followed by; quality of life, drugs, life activities, community and follow-up, skin care and feelings about the condition, respectively. The mean total score of the scale was not affected by gender, marital status, employment status, existing chronic disease, educational level, and type of transplantation (p>0.05). It was concluded that the learning needs of each patient undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation were high.