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August 25, 2015European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Can nurse-led preoperative education reduce anxiety and postoperative complications of patients undergoing cardiac surgery?

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Why the study?

Does nurse-led preoperative education reduce anxiety and postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery?

Population

395 patients admitted for elective cardiac surgery in a general hospital in Athens with knowledge of the…

Comparison

Preoperative education delivered by specially… vs Standard information provided by the ward…

Design

RCT, Randomised

Follow-up

Up to discharge and readmission period

Authors

AKAntonia KalogianniPAPanagiota AlmpaniLVLeonidas Vastardis

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Overview

Nurse-led education may ease perioperative anxiety in cardiac surgery; leaves open questions on broad implementation.

Structured PICO

Does nurse-led preoperative education reduce anxiety and postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery?

P
Population
395 patients admitted for elective cardiac surgery in a general hospital in Athens with knowledge of the Greek language.
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Intervention
Preoperative education delivered by specially trained nurses.
C
Comparator
Standard information provided by the ward personnel.
O
Outcome
Anxiety measured by the state-trait anxiety inventory on admission, before surgery, and before discharge.patient reported

Nurse-led preoperative education significantly reduces preoperative anxiety and postoperative chest infections in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.

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Kalogianni et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7251c4a2d7cf2e39c2ed75https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515115602678
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