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Timing of preoperative patient teaching
Author(s) -
Lepczyk Marybeth,
Raleigh Edith Hunt,
Rowley Constance
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01817.x
Subject(s) - medicine , evening , anxiety , outpatient surgery , analysis of variance , physical therapy , surgery , ambulatory , psychiatry , physics , astronomy
With the increasing cost of health care and the growing constraints made by third party payers, in‐hospital time for preoperative teaching is quickly being reduced Seventy‐two patients attended preoperative instruction either as an inpatient the day before surgery or as an outpatient 4–8 days before surgery Anxiety and knowledge levels were measured before and after class and the evening before surgery No differences were found between the groups on a measure of anxiety levels Both groups demonstrated a moderate anxiety level with no significant change over the testing period Using the knowledge pretest as a covariate, repeated measures analysis of variance suggested the knowledge gained with the class was significantly greater for the outpatient group than the inpatient group (P= 0 018) There was also a significant positive relationship between the knowledge score and knowing someone who had cardiac surgery (t = 2 34, d f = 66, P=0 022) The results suggest that it makes little difference whether patients receive information up to a week before surgery or just the day before, therefore, the more economical preadmission teaching may be the path of choice

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