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Background: Early postoperative mobilization is an important aspect of postoperative care, as ithas been demonstrated to improve a range of patient-reported outcomes. Aim of the study: Thepresent study aims to evaluate the effect of evidence-based practice of early post-operativemobilization for Whipple surgery patients' selected outcomes. Subjects and method: Design: Aquasi-experimental research design was used to achieve the purpose of the present study. Subjects:convenience sample consists of 60 subjects who underwent Whipple surgery and were assignedrandomly into two equal groups (study and control), thirty patients in each group. Tools of datacollection: The researchers used four tools to achieve the study aim and collect the required dataas follows: Tool I: Structured interview. Tool II: Visual analog pain scale (VAS). Tool III: SixMinute Walking Test. Tool IV: Evaluation of the incidence of postoperative complications.Results: There were statistically significant differences between the control and study groups onthe 6th day indicating that the study group had a higher mean distance walk than the control group(14.4 + 2.4 & 3.8 + 0.6) respectively. The study group had lower mean pain scores than controlgroup ( 3.9 + 0.9 &4.7 + 1) respectively. Also, there were statistically significant differencesbetween the control and study groups in relation to occurrence of falls during the 2nd week(X2=4.320, p-value=0.038). Conclusion: the impact of implementing evidence-based mobilizationon patient care outcomes corroborates those documented in scholarly works. Recommendation:post-operative Whipple surgery early mobilization according to the patient individual abilities andhemodynamic stabilization should started to be done by surgical nurses for improving patients'outcomes as falls, distance patient able to walk as well as pain
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