The efficacy of preopoerative instruction in reducing XXXX following gyneoncological surgery: a case control study.

@entity1 @entity148
BACKGROUND: This is a quasi-experimental case control research focusing on the impact of systematic preoperative instruction on the level of postoperative @entity148 in gyneoncologic @entity1 . The population studied consists of the gyneoncologic surgery @entity1 admitted to the Gynecologic Oncology Service at Zekai Tahir Burak Gynecology Training and Research Hospital from May to September 2010. @entity1 AND METHODS: Through a random sampling, 60 @entity1 were recruited in each group. The study group was given a systematic preoperative instruction while the control group was given routine nursing care. @entity1 were interviewed in the postoperative period and @entity148 was measured. The data-collecting tool consisted of the Individual Information Form and the State-Trait @entity148 Inventory. The collected data were analyzed by using the SPSS Program to find the frequency, the percentage, the mean and the standard variables, and the hypothesis was tested with Chi-square, variance, and t-independent test. RESULTS: It was found that the incidence rates from the post-operative @entity148 score of the study group were lower than those of the control group (p<.05). The results of this research demonstrated that gyneoncologic surgery @entity1 who were given systematic preoperative instruction felt less anxious than the ones who were given merely a routine nursing care. CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study suggest that preoperative instruction programs aiming at informing gyneoncologic surgery @entity1 at the preoperative stage should be organized in hospitals and have an essential role.
