title: Total care system for maintaining a comfortable prone position after vitreoretinal surgery.
abstract: A care system to maintain a comfortable prone position after vitreoretinal surgery was developed. Four positions and face-down gear including a TV-watching table were prepared in patients' rooms. Patients could take one position and then change to another position actively as desired. Thirty-nine patients used this system for 4 days after vitreoretinal surgery with intravitreal gas injection. Patients rated the system on a questionnaire. Patients who used the TV-watching table expressed more satisfaction than the patients who did not use it. Also, patients' active selection of various prone postures was important physically and mentally.
authors.affiliation: Hara Eye Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Kazue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Kenjiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumagai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016684:Prone Position / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000601:surgery*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*