• Pain Manag Nurs · Aug 2024

    Patient Fear of Pain: The Pre-Operative Period in the Neurosurgery Clinic.

    • Handan Topan, Yeliz Sürme, and Özlem Ceyhan.
    • Erciyes University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Surgery Nursing, Kayseri, Turkey.
    • Pain Manag Nurs. 2024 Aug 27.

    PurposeThis study was conducted as a descriptive study to determine the pain fears of patients undergoing surgery in the neurosurgery clinic.Material And MethodThe study was conducted with 151 patients hospitalized in the neurosurgery clinic who met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected with the patient information form and the fear of pain scale-III. Ethics committee approval, institutional permission, and written consent from individuals were obtained before the study.ResultsIt was determined that the mean fear of pain score was 64.59 ± 18.43, 41.7% of the patient were fear of surgical incisional pain. Fear of surgical incisional pain is responsible for 22.0% and female gender is responsible for 29% of the change in fear of pain scores.ConclusionAs a result, it was determined that the pain fear level of the patients in the pre-operative period was moderate. Increasing the practices to reduce the patients' fear of pain should be recommended.Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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