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The aim of this study was to provide information on the progress of surgery through SMS to the family members of orthopedic surgery patients and to confirm the effect of state anxiety and nursing needs and satisfaction on the patient. Methods: The study focused non-equivalent control group non-synchronized research design. Data were collected from April 1 st to June 30th on 2016 at D hospital in B City. The study includes 48 family members as control group (24 subjects) and experimental group (24 subjects). Satisfaction of nursing needs was measured with the questionnaire on the needs of operation patients ‘families and anxiety was measured with the state anxiety scale. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 12.0. The subjects ‘general characteristics were analyzed through real numbers and percentages, the homogeneity of the two groups was tested through χ2 test and t test, the reliability of the measuring tools was tested through Cronbach’s a, and the hypotheses were tested through t test by using SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. Results: Hypothesis 1: The difference of the state anxiety scores before and after the intervention was 5.332 ± 8.76 in the experimental group and 7.58 ± 10.89 in the control group (t = -0.526, p = .572), and the first hypothesis was rejected. Hypothesis 2: hypothesis 2 was supported because there was a statistically significant difference (t = 5.482, p <.001) in the difference of satisfaction score of nursing requirement after intervention between 3.32 ± 0.42 points in the experimental group and 2.43 ± 0.61 points in the control group. Conclusion: the results of the study into consideration, that providing information by using SMS about surgical progress was an effective in order to reduce the anxiety of family members of patients undergone surgery. Therefore, the study suggests that, the same study would be conduct by various communication media and different surgical settings in order to compare the effectiveness.

The Effects of Providing Surgical Progress Information Using SMS on Satisfaction of Nursing Needs and State Anxiety of the Patients' Family