Hulya Kizil Togac
Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey
Title: Effect of education given according to patient needs on postoperative anxiety and comfort in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Biography
Biography: Hulya Kizil Togac
Abstract
This was a randomized controlled study. It was conducted in the general surgery clinic of a government hospital in the west of Turkey with 124 patients (intervention=62, control=62) undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. With patients in the intervention group, their education needs were assessed, and individualized education was given accordingly using computer presentations accompanied by visual materials, and a patient education booklet. Data was collected using a personal information form, the Spielberg State-Trait Anxiety Scale (STAI), The Patient Learning Needs Scale (PLNS), and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Before the education, the VAS-pain and VAS-nausea values of the groups were similar, but the VAS-pain levels and the VAS-nausea (except for 24 hours) levels of the intervention groups at all hours after the operation postoperatively were lower than those of the control group (p<0,05). Preoperative (42,79±4,29) and postoperative (39,08±3,49) STAI-I levels of the patients in the intervention group were found to be lower than those of the control group (50,98±5.45 and 44,41±4,77 respectively). It was found that postoperative vital sign measurements were positively affected in the patients in the intervention group compared with those in the control group (p<0,05). It was found as a result of the study that giving education to patients preoperatively according to need by means of visual and audial material (computer presentation) and a booklet increased patients’ comfort levels, lowered their anxiety levels, and positively affected their vital findings.
