Authors

1Jordi Adamuz Tomás, 2Maribel González Samartino, 3Cristina Matud Calvo

Position

1Enfermero. Doctor en Medicina. Unidad de Soporte Enfermero a los Sistemas de Información. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL). Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge (Barcelona). Profesor asociado de la Facultad de Ciencias de Salud Blanquerna. UniversitatRamón Llull. 2Enfermera. Máster en liderazgo y gestión de servicios de Enfermería. Unidad de Soporte Enfermero a los Sistemas de Información. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL). Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge (Barcelona). Profesora asociada de la Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería. Universitat de Barcelona.3Enfermera. Supervisora de Enfermería de la Unidad de Soporte Enfermero a los Sistemas de Información. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL). Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge (Barcelona).

Contact address

Jordi Adamuz Tomás. Feixa Llarga, s/n. 08907 Hospitalet del Llobregat (Barcelona).

Contact email: jadamuz@bellvitgehospital.cat

Abstract

Objective: to identify the educational needs at hospital discharge in patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP).
Method: a narrative review where a bibliographic search was conducted on published literature, from year 2000 to the present day, in the Pubmed, CINAHL, Cuiden and Cochrane Library Plus databases. The search was conducted using the MeSH controlled vocabulary, through the following key words in English: community-acquired pneumonia, patient discharge. Articles were accepted on Use of Healthcare Resources after Hospital Discharge (re-hospitalizations, visits to the Emergency Unit or mortality), and knowledge of patients hospitalized with CAP.
Results: 22 studies were analyzed, which examined the use of healthcare resources after hospital discharge (re-hospitalizations, visits to the Emergency Unit or Mortality), and the level of knowledge of patients hospitalized with CAP. The main educational needs of patients hospitalized with CAP were those associated with hydration, adherence to pharmacological treatment, and vaccine indications, awareness and monitoring of the disease, progressive physical activity, giving up toxic habits, and management of comorbidities.
Conclusions: the educational needs detected must be included in educational programs previous to hospital discharge in patients with CAP, in order to improve the disease management, and reduce the use of healthcare resources after discharge.

Keywords:

Community-Acquired Pneumonia; assessment of educational needs; patient discharge; healthcare knowledge

Versión en Español

Título:

Detección de necesidades educativas al alta en pacientes con neumonía adquirida en la comunidad