Effect of multimedia-based nursing visit on perioperative anxiety in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Issue 10 (26th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shao, Jingjing; Xiao, Ting; Shi, Minxin; Zhou, Xiaomei; Wang, Zhiwei; Lin, Tianlong; Xu, Rongfang; Ni, Hongxia; Zhang, Aihua
• Is Part Of: Psychology, health & medicine. Volume 24:Issue 10(2019)
• Page Start: 1198
• Page End: 1206
• Publication Date: 2019-11-26
• Subjects: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma -- perioperative anxiety -- vital signs -- multimedia -- nursing visit; Medicine and psychology -- Periodicals; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2019.1595687
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1354-8506

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Little is known about the multimedia-based preoperative nursing visit for squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VAST). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of preoperative multimedia-based nursing visit on perioperative anxiety in ESCC patients undergoing VAST. A total of 128 ESCC patients undergoing VAST were randomly divided into intervention group ( n = 63) or control group ( n = 65). The anxiety level was measured by state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) and visual analog scale (VAS). The vital signs were also recorded. The data were collected at three different time points: before the intervention, 1 h before surgery and 24 h after surgery. There was no statistically significant difference in baseline STAI score, VAS scores and vital signs ( P > 0.05). The intervention group reported significantly lower anxiety and improved vital signs in terms of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate at 1 h before surgery and 24 h after surgery ( P < 0.05). However, no significant difference in respiratory rate was observed between two groups at 1 h before surgery and 24 h after surgery ( P > 0.05). Preoperative nursing visit with multimedia could reduce perioperative anxiety levels as well as help to stabilize vital sign for ESCC patients undergoing VAST.