Nursing interventions to reduce preoperative anxiety: A literature review.
Gautam, Shova (2019)
Gautam, Shova
2019
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Preoperative anxiety is a common emotional response of patients undergoing surgical treatment. Preoperative anxiety has various negative effects during the whole perioperative period. Preoperative anxiety management is a great challenge for the
nurses.
The aim of the study was to highlight the nursing interventions to reduce pre-operative anxiety through existing literatures. The purpose was to provide evidence-based knowledge to nurses on how to reduce preoperative anxiety of patient during
preoperative period.
The study was implemented as a literature review. The articles for the study were
retrieved from CINAHL and PubMed. The articles were chosen based on research
question. Content analysis was applied in the analysis of the data.
Ten articles were chosen to be reviewed. Four main categories were identified: Patient information, psychological support, preoperative nursing visit and music therapy.
The study found preoperative patient information, preoperative nursing visit, psychological support and music therapy were effective nursing intervention to reduce
the preoperative anxiety.
nurses.
The aim of the study was to highlight the nursing interventions to reduce pre-operative anxiety through existing literatures. The purpose was to provide evidence-based knowledge to nurses on how to reduce preoperative anxiety of patient during
preoperative period.
The study was implemented as a literature review. The articles for the study were
retrieved from CINAHL and PubMed. The articles were chosen based on research
question. Content analysis was applied in the analysis of the data.
Ten articles were chosen to be reviewed. Four main categories were identified: Patient information, psychological support, preoperative nursing visit and music therapy.
The study found preoperative patient information, preoperative nursing visit, psychological support and music therapy were effective nursing intervention to reduce
the preoperative anxiety.