Determination of the Relationship Between Preoperative Learning Needs and Anxiety Levels of Outpatient Surgery Patients

5. Uluslararası 13. Ulusal Türk Cerrahi ve Ameliyathane Hemşireleri Kongresi, Aydın, Turkey, 16 - 19 November 2023, pp.863-864

Publication Type: Conference Paper / Summary Text
City: Aydın
Country: Turkey
Page Numbers: pp.863-864
Istanbul Medipol University Affiliated: Yes

Introduction: Nowadays, thanks to scientific and technological developments, the hospitalization time of daily surgical patients is being shortened. Due to this, the responsibilities of the patient and his/her family related to postoperative care increase in daily surgery and this affects the anxiety level of patients.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between preoperative learning needs and anxiety levels of patients who were planned for outpatient surgery.
Method: The study was conducted at a private university hospital with 156 patients who will undergo outpatient surgery between February and May 2022. The 'Patient Characteristics Form', the Anxiety Specific to Surgery Questionnaire (ASSQ)’ and the 'Patient Learning Needs Scale (PLNS)' were used for data collection. SPSS 25.0 program was used to evaluate the data. Results: The mean age of the patients participating in this study was 41.37 ± 9.80 (min: 22; max: 65) and more than half (51.3%) of the patients were female and married (59.0%). It was determined that there was a strong positive relationship (r=.713**) between the mean score of the 'Patient Learning Needs Scale' score and the ‘Anxiety Specific to Surgery Questionnaire’ score of the patients before surgery (p<0.05).

Conclusions and Recommendations: As a result of this study, it was determined that there was a positive relationship between the preoperative information needs of outpatient surgery patients and their anxiety levels. According to this result, in order to reduce the anxiety levels of outpatient surgery patients, it is recommended to provide written and verbal information in line with the learning needs of the patient before outpatient surgery.

Keywords: outpatient surgery, learning needs, anxiety

Giriş: Günümüzde bilimsel ve teknolojik gelişmeler sayesinde günübirlik cerrahi hastalarının yatış süreleri kısalmaktadır. Buna bağlı olarak, günübirlik cerrahi hastasının ve ailesinin ameliyat sonrası bakımla ilgili sorumluluklarının artmakta ve bu durum hastaların kaygı düzeyini etkilemektedir.

Amaç: Bu çalışma günübirlik cerrahi planlanan hastaların ameliyat öncesi bilgi gereksinimleri ve kaygı düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapıldı.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma, Şubat-Mayıs 2022 tarihleri arasında günübirlik cerrahi planlanan 156 hasta ile bir vakıf üniversitesi hastanesinde gerçekleştirildi. Verilerin toplanmasında 'Hasta Özellikleri Formu', Ameliyata Özgü Kaygı Ölçeği (AÖKÖ)' ve 'Hasta Öğrenim Gereksinimleri Ölçeği (HÖGÖ)' kullanıldı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde SPSS 25.0 programı kullanıldı.

Bulgular: Bu çalışmaya katılan hastaların yaş ortalaması 41.37 ± 9.80 (min: 22; max: 65) olup, hastaların yarıdan fazlası (%51.3) kadın ve (%59.0) evlidir. Hastaların ameliyat öncesi ‘Hasta Öğrenim Gereksinimleri Ölçeği’ puan ortalaması ile ‘Ameliyata Özgü Kaygı Ölçeği’ puan ortalaması arasında pozitif yönde yüksek düzeyde (r=.713**) bir ilişki olduğu belirlendi (p<0.05).

Sonuç ve Öneriler: Bu çalışmanın sonucunda günübirlik cerrahi hastalarının ameliyat öncesi bilgi gereksinimleri ile kaygı düzeyleri arasında pozitif yönde ilişki olduğu belirlendi. Bu sonuca göre, günübirlik cerrahi hastalarının kaygı düzeylerinin azaltılması amacıyla günübirlik cerrahi öncesinde hastanın öğrenim gereksinimleri doğrultusunda yazılı ve sözlü bilgilendirme yapılması önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: günübirlik cerrahi, bilgi gereksinimi, kaygı