Effect of Providing Information via Video Media, Operating Room Tour Series on Anxiety Levels Prior to Administration of Anesthesia in Elective Surgical Patients at Pre-Anesthetic Evaluation Clinic, Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani Province

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess a model for relieving anxiety of preoperative surgical patients by providing information via video media about operating room visits and steps in receiving anesthesia, an approach which was in accordance with the conceptual framework from self-ability and self-regulation theory. The study was design as a randomized controlled tried. The samples were 54 patients in the intervention group and the control group. Randomization was done by Winpepi program. The control group received only surgical information from the nurses at the outpatient examination room, whereas the experimental group received surgery information from nurses at the outpatient room and watch a video about the operating room and steps in receiving anesthesia. Outcomes were measured by using the “anxiety measurement: the Form X-1”, Thai version and visual analog scale. The results showed no difference in the education level, types of surgery, ASA classification, treatment rights between both groups. The anxiety of the experimental group was significantly lower than the control group, with the mean score of 40.0±9.3 (median±IQR) in the experimental group compared to 45.0±15.3 in the control group (Mann-Whitney U test), p<0.05l; and the average visual analog scale in the experimental group was 4.0±3.0 while the control group was 5.0±4.3, p=0.05. When dividing anxiety into 4 levels, there was no high or severe anxiety level in the experimental group. Thus, giving information via video touring of operating room and steps in anesthesia could relieve the anxiety of the elective surgacal patients.