Sümeyra Akarsu, Evin Korkmaz
This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate postoperative self-care agency in 66 adult patients who underwent cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), were able to communicate in Turkish, and volunteered to participate. The study was carried out in the gastroenterology ward of a training and research hospital between January 2024 and July 2024. Data were collected using the Demographic Information Form and the Self-Care Agency Scale. These data were analyzed using the free trial version of SPSS Statistics for Windows 25.0. The normality of the data was examined using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. In this regard, a significant difference was found between the total scores of the Self-Care Capacity Scale and the categorical variables, and between the total score averages of the “Yes” and “No” groups in the presence of chronic disease (p= .001). According to the results of continuous medication use, a significant relationship was found between the total mean scores of the “Yes” and “No” groups (p= .006). A statistically significant relationship was found between whether patients participating in the study were aware of the Hipek application and their total scale score (p= .001). In conclusion, this study evaluates the postoperative self-care ability of patients who underwent CRS and HIPEC and demonstrates the effects of this combined treatment on patients in terms of self-care ability, both positive and negative.