An Exploratory Study to Assess the Severity of Fatigue after Cardiac Surgery and its Effects on Early Recovery among Patients in Selected Hospital of Delhi”.

Abstract

This study aims to examine the level of fatigue in patients after cardiac surgery and the effects of fatigue on early recovery. A non experimental research with Exploratory research design was used to assess the severity of fatigue after cardiac surgery and its effects on early recovery in 25 patients in Army hospital (R&R).The sampling technique used was non probability purposive sampling. The tool consists of questionnaires to assess demographic data and a check list individual strength scale was used to assess the severity of fatigue which consisted of 08 items. The results reveal that the mean score was 36.68 and median score was 35 with SD 11.30.The scores of the respondents on severity of fatigue were in the range of 15-56 .There was significant association found between level of knowledge and selected socio demographic variable like presence of co morbidities, Ability to walk without support, Ability to do spirometry, Ability to self care ,Ability to get out of the bed without help, Relapse of preoperative symptoms while doing activities and feeling of anxiety about recovery at P>0.05 level.