Factors influencing the recovery of patients with severe head injuries in Surat Thani Province
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Head injury causes damage to the brain, physical disability, and risk of death. This research is a descriptive study, to study the predictive factors influencing recovery of head injury patients. The sample group was head injury patients 220 people, receiving treatment at the surgical ward and surgical intensive care unit of Surat Thani Hospital between 2020-2023. They were randomly selected in a systematic way. Inclusion criteria include: patients with head injuries who were 18 years of age or older and had been discharged from the hospital. Exclusion criteria were patients who had head injuries and died. The research instrument was a data recording form from medical records created by the researcher. The CVI value was equal to 0.89 and the measurement accuracy was reliability was equal to 0.87.
The research results found that the first temperature (β=.157), number of Length of stay in hospital (LOS) (β=-.197), systolic blood pressure (β=-.085), together predicted recovery of 79.6% of head injury patients (R2=.796) with statistical significance P< .01.
Conclusions Patients with moderate to severe head injuries must control their body temperature upon admission. Systolic blood pressure levels closely monitor and reduce the number of hospitals stays. It will improve the recovery of head injury patients.
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