Recherche en soins infirmiers
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
[Comparative study of anxiety in informed and non-informed patients in the preoperative period].
Operation anxiety constitutes a significant phenomenon, detectable in numerous sleep related and psychological symptoms, as in its impact on the patient's health, the operation and post-operation process. For decades this problem (almost unknown in Lebanese scientific research), was the object of a vast theoretical project and numerous North American and European studies. Within the framework of this investigation, we studied the influence of structured information, provided by operating room nurses, on the patient's anxiety during the preparatory stage. ⋯ However, these results did not establish any significant links between anxiety levels and the majority of the test groups' characteristics. By confirming the hypothesis that preparatory information reduces the patient's anxiety, this investigation has opened the door to important practical consequences leading to the following recommmendation: quality health-care in Lebanese hospitals would greatly improve by adopting a protocol of information booklets and preparatory meetings with the patient, with the added benefit of valorizing the role of the operating room nurse. At present, the absence of any structured preparatory information represents a significant deficiency in Lebanese hospitals.