Knowledge and Thoughts of Women and their Spouses about Hysterectomy

Authors : Belma TOPTAŞ ACAR, Hilmiye AKSU

Pages : 53-63

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Publication Date : 2023-07-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: The aim of this study is to determine knowledge and thoughts of women and their spouses about hysterectomy and to examine the factors affecting it. Method: The research is a descriptive–analytic study type of study and was performed on 215 women who would undergo hysterectomy and their 179 spouses in XXX and YYY Hospital. The questionnaire was prepared by the researcher according to the literature. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and Mann Whitney U test. Results: Twenty-six percent of the women and 28.5% of the spouses knew about the time during which the women would avoid strenuous work and 26.5% of the women and 25.1% of the spouses knew about the time during which they should avoid sexual relationships. Most of the women insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(30.4%); stated that the most important female genital organ was the uterus, and most of their spouses insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(27.5%); stated that the vagina was. The women\`s thoughts about hysterectomy were more positive. The women and the spouses who had a higher level of education and who had a job were more knowledgeable about hysterectomy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. Conclusion: Most of the women and the spouses knew the name of the surgery and the way it is performed, but they had insufficient knowledge about the postsurgical status. The women\`s thoughts about hysterectomy were more positive. It was determined that working women and their spouses with higher education levels had more knowledge about hysterectomy. It is important that healthcare professionals counsel women and their partners about hysterectomy.
Keywords : Histerektomi, bilgi, eşler, düşünceler, kadın, Hysterectomy, knowledge, spouses, thoughts, woman