Data from 100 patients who completed both questionnaires
were analysed. All patients were women.
Mean standard deviation (SD) age was 46.8 10.6 years
and mean SD BMI was 27.1 3.1 kg/m2. Both the
intervention and control groups had similar educational
backgrounds. According to the calculated Spielberger’s
score, state and trait anxiety at the time of admission to
the surgical ward were 56.98 and 55.58 in the intervention
group, compared with 56.1 and 55 in the control
group, respectively, with no significant difference
(p > 0.05) (Table 1) between the groups. However, following
the nursing visit and just prior to entering the OR,
both state and trait anxiety dropped to 40.34 and 39.04 in
the intervention group, compared with 56.70 and 55.38 in
the control group, with statistically significant differences
(p < 0.05) in the intervention group after the nursing visit
(Table 1).
Mean time to reach an Aldrete consciousness score of 9
was 18 and 30 minutes in the intervention and control
groups, respectively, with a statistically significant difference
(p < 0.05). Moreover, only 6% of the intervention
group developed postoperative nausea and vomiting, significantly
less than the 20% of the control group
(p < 0.05) (Table 2). Duration of vital sign stabilization,
postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting, and time to
patient’s first walk were significantly lesser in the intervention
group than in the control group (p < 0.05)
(Table 3).