Original articleThe care dependency of patients after laparoscopic abdominal surgery and associated factors in China

PurposeThe outcome after laparoscopic surgery is dependent on self-care behaviors. Whether or not the patients after laparoscopic abdominal surgery in China are care-dependent is still unclear. Thus, the studies try to analyze influence factors of care dependence on patients with laparoscopic abdominal surgery, to provide reference for personalized care for the patient.MethodsIn our study, two hundreds and forty-two cases were selected and investigated by using the exercise of self-care agency scale and care dependency scale. And correlation analyses between care dependency and self-care agency, age or hospital stay duration was made by Spearman correlation analysis. The analysis of associated factors was made by multivariable linear regression model.ResultsThe mean age of participants is 42.12 ± 12.67 (ranged from 18 to 73 years), and 134 patients (55.37%) in the study were older than 50 years. Among the 242 participants, 59.09% is male. Our data found that the average self-care agency score was 115.72 ± 30.13. And 64.88% participates are in the median level of self-care agency. Care dependency correlated with self-care agency (r = − 0.85, P = 0.009), age (r = − 0.71, P = 0.001) and hospital stay duration (r = − 0.69, P = 0.003) negatively. The linear regression was found between gender, age, educational level, days of hospital stay and care dependency. The model is care dependency = 99.533 + 5.02 × (gender) − 0.795 × (age) + 0.512 × (educational level) − 0.239 × (days of hospital stay).ConclusionPatients after laparoscopic surgery take notice of self-care. Gender, age, educational level and days of hospital stay affect care dependence.