title: Effectiveness of a preoperative teaching programme for cataract patients.
abstract: Shortened hospital stays have necessitated examination of alternative approaches for pre and postoperative teaching. An investigation of one alternative became a study in which a home care preoperative teaching programme for older adults undergoing cataract extractions with lens implants was implemented and evaluated. The findings indicated that the teaching programme was effective and resulted in positive benefits.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Strang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000523:psychology*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control