Preoperative instruction has been documented to benefit patients. With recent health care changes, most patients are now admitted to the hospital on the day of surgery. The optimal time for preoperative instruction requires re-examination. This study evaluated differences in anxiety levels of patients who received structured preoperative instruction prior to hospital admission and patients who received unstructured preoperative instruction after admission on the day of surgery.Roy's Adaptation Model guided this study. The state scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measured anxiety in a convenience sample (n=40) admitted for same-day surgery. Participants in one group received structured preoperative instruction 1-7 days prior to surgery. Participants in a second group received unstructured preoperative instruction on the day of surgery. All participants completed the STAI 1-7 days before surgeryand on the morning of surgery. Paired t-tests on difference scores showed no significant difference in anxiety between the groups. / School of Nursing
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/185792 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Creators | Barth, Elaine |
| Contributors | Ball State University. School of Nursing., Twibell, Kathryn R. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | vii, 92 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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