Elif Budak
BaÅŸkent University, Turkey
Title: Effects of Preoperative Individualized Education on Postoperative Anxiety and Pain on Patients Undergoing Heart Surgery.
Biography
Biography: Elif Budak
Abstract
Open heart surgery may produce emotional, cognitive, and physiological negative effects. This effects can be decreased with individualized education, therefore it can be reached positive patient outcomes. The study was to determine the effects of preoperative individualized education on postoperative anxiety and pain in patients undergoing open heart surgery. This 2015 quasi-experimental study included 109 patients. Data were collected using the “Data Collection Form”, “State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)”, and “Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)”. The mean age was 59.62 years. Of the patients, 69.7% were males and 92.7% were married, and 49.5% were graduated from primary school. Majority of the patients (71.6%) had concomitant coronary artery disease. Anxiety was mostly originated from lack of knowledge on surgery (70.6%), leaving the relatives (21.1%), fear of death (16.5%), and pain (15.6%). The mean preoperative state and trait anxiety scores were 34.34±9.03 and 37.98±8.28, respectively. The mean postoperative state anxiety scores were 35.94±8.92. There was no statistically significant difference in the mean pre- and postoperative state anxiety scores. However, the mean pre- and postoperative state anxiety scores were statistically significantly associated with the mean pain score. In conclusion, preoperative anxiety management based on individual patient’s characteristics in combination with individualized patient-centered education may reduce the degree of anxiety and improve postoperative healing.