J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs.  2018 Nov;25(4):240-249. 10.7739/jkafn.2018.25.4.240.

Influence of Duration of Prophylactic Antibiotics Therapy on Uncertainty of Recovery in Elective Laparoscopic Uterine Myomectomy Patients

Affiliations
  • 1Good Munhwa Hospital, Busan, Korea.
  • 2Department of Nursing, Silla University, Busan, Korea. kypark@silla.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
The study was done to explore whether the duration of perioperative prophylactic antibiotics therapy influenced uncertainty of recovery in patients with elective laparoscopic uterine myomectomy.
METHODS
A prospective study was conducted using self-report questionnaires and electrical medical records for patients with uterine myomectomy. According to the length of the perioperative prophylactic antibiotics therapy, the patients were divided into three groups: single-dose antibiotic treatment group, short-term antibiotic treatment group, and long-term antibiotic treatment group. Data were collected from December 20, 2016 to July 31, 2017 from 161 patients who underwent laparoscopic myomectomy at a metropolitan city general hospital.
RESULTS
Level of uncertainty of recovery was 2.98±0.22. The uncertainty was highest in the long-term antibiotic treatment group, followed by the short-term antibiotic treatment group and the single-dose antibiotic treatment group (F=89.40, p < .001). In the regression analysis, factors influencing uncertainty of recovery among uterine myomectomy patients were duration of perioperative prophylactic antibiotic therapy (β=.70, p < .001) and duration of NPO (β=−.11, p=.047) which explained 51.5% of the variance (F=83.75, p < .001).
CONCLUSION
Based on these results, information including the administration of antibiotics before surgery should be provided to the patients to help reduce the uncertainty of postoperative recovery.

Keyword

Uncertainty; Antibiotics; Myomectomy

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents*
Hospitals, General
Humans
Medical Records
Prospective Studies
Uncertainty*
Uterine Myomectomy*
Anti-Bacterial Agents
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