Technology-based Constipation Prevention Training

Bristol Stool Consistency Scale,Costipation Severity Scale

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of technology-assisted constipation
 prevention training on the management of constipation in hospitalised orthopaedic patients.
 This is a quasi-experimental study. The population of the study will consist of patients
 admitted to the Orthopaedic Clinic of Burdur State Hospital between January 2024 and November
 2024. The sample of the study is planned to consist of patients over 18 years of age, who are
 able to communicate, who do not have sensory loss related to advanced vision and hearing, who
 do not have psychiatric disorders at a level that prevents communication, and who are
 hospitalised at the Orthopaedic Clinic and who volunteer to participate in the research. Data
 for the study will be collected using the Patient Introduction Form, Constipation Risk
 Assessment Scale (CRAS), Bristol Stool Consistency Scale, Use of Constipation Prevention
 Methods Form, Constipation Education Questionnaire, Constipation Severity Scale. During
 the implementation of the research, it is planned to form two groups, the first 35 patients
 in the control group and the second 35 patients in the experimental group, from the patients
 hospitalised in the Orthopaedic Clinic. The data will be collected at 3 times: (1) before the
 training, (2) 2 weeks after the training, (3) 4 weeks after the training. The data will be
 digitalised in the SPSS 23 package and the necessary statistical analyses will be performed.