Abstract: Background: There is increased focus on patient self-care within the health system, but little is known about the clinical variables which influence patient's involvement in early self-care activities as well as the strategies which will be considered helpful in encouraging the patient's involvement. Method: A quantitative research design was employed in this study using descriptive cross-sectional method. Purposive sampling method was used to select 126 patients from University College Hospital, Ibadan and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital who met the inclusion criteria. Data collected were subjected to descriptive analysis of frequency counts, percentages, mean, standard deviation, inferential statistics of multiple linear regression and Pearson correlation using SPSS version 24......
Keywords: assessment, abdominal surgery, self-care ability, postoperative.
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