The abdominoplasty is one of the most commonly performed aesthetic surgical procedures across the world. Effective postoperative care is crucial for optimal recovery and results. As abdominoplasty techniques continue to advance, they offer significant improvements in both aesthetic appearance and patient satisfaction, contributing to enhanced overall well-being and quality of life.

Aim

To evaluate the effect of nursing instructions on quality of life for females undergoing abdominoplasty.

Design

The design used in the study was quasi-experimental.

Setting

This study was conducted at General Surgical Department and surgical outpatient clinic at Assiut University Hospital.

Sample

A purposive sample of 60 females undergoing abdominoplasty, their age ranged from 20 to 60 years and agreed to participate in the study.

Tools

Tool (I): Patients’ assessment sheet, and Tool (II): The World Health Organization Quality of Life- BREF questionnaire.

Results

There was a highly statistically significant difference between study and control groups regarding knowledge scores of patients post one and three months with p-value (0.000). Also, there was a highly statistical significance difference between post one and three months for both groups regarding patients’ quality of life with p-value (0.006, 0.000).

Conclusion

Nursing educational instructions had highly statistically significant positive effect on improving patients’ knowledge and quality of life among the studied females underwent abdominoplasty.

Recommendations

Nursing educational instructions contains comprehensive information should be provided for patients undergoing abdominoplasty …

This research aimed to assess the potential of active food packaging as an innovative approach to enhance the quality of fresh food products. Specifically, our focus was on developing chitosan edible films combined with rosemary nanoemulsion (Ch-RNE) and carvacrol nano-emulsion (Ch-CNE) as effective antibacterial food packaging solutions. The efficacy of these films against artificially inoculated L. monocytogenes (NCTC 13372\ ATCC® 7644) as a Gram-positive bacterium, and S. enterica serovar Typhimurium (ATCC 14028) as a Gram-negative bacterium, in ground meat was investigated. The size of the prepared nano-emulsions was characterized using zeta sizer, FTIR and HRTEM. The MIC of both nano-emulsions against both pathogens was found to be 0.78 % and 1.56 %. Filmogenic mixtures were casted using these concentrations, which were then dried and evaluated for their physical and …

This research aimed to assess the potential of active food packaging as an innovative approach to enhance the
quality of fresh food products. Specifically, our focus was on developing chitosan edible films combined with
rosemary nanoemulsion (Ch-RNE) and carvacrol nano-emulsion (Ch-CNE) as effective antibacterial food packaging solutions. The efficacy of these films against artificially inoculated L. monocytogenes (NCTC 13372\ ATCC® 7644) as a Gram-positive bacterium, and S. enterica serovar Typhimurium (ATCC 14028) as a Gram-negative bacterium, in ground meat was investigated. The size of the prepared nano-emulsions was characterized using zeta sizer, FTIR and HRTEM. The MIC of both nano-emulsions against both pathogens was found to be 0.78 % and 1.56 %. Filmogenic mixtures were casted using these concentrations, which were then dried and evaluated for their physical and mechanical properties.

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