The Effect of Information and Coping With Anxiety Training Given to Women Before Hysterectomy on Their Level of Anxiety

The Effect of Information and Coping With Anxiety Training Given to Women Before Hysterectomy on Their Level of Anxiety: A Post-Test Randomized Controlled Experimental Study

Purpose: In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of information and coping with anxiety training given to women before they undergo hysterectomy on their anxiety levels.

Design and Methods: The parallel group post-test randomized controlled experimental design was used in the study. The study sample comprised 59 women.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Anxiety; Hysterectomy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Information and Coping with Anxiety Training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 59
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Mersin, Turkey, 33343
    • Mersin University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• agreeing to participate in the study,
• being able to speak and understand Turkish,
• being in the age group of 18-65 years,
• being admitted to the aforementioned clinic with a planned hysterectomy surgery,
• not having any health problems preventing the person from hearing and speaking,
• being conscious, being oriented and cooperated,
• not having received any training on hysterectomy before the surgery and during discharge.

Exclusion Criteria:

• not agreeing to participate in the study,
• not being able to speak and understand Turkish,
• being under the age group of 18 years,
• not being admitted to the aforementioned clinic with a planned hysterectomy surgery,
• having any health problems preventing the person from hearing and speaking,
• not being conscious, being oriented and cooperated,
• having received any training on hysterectomy before the surgery and during discharge.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Information and Coping with Anxiety Training Intervention; The intervention group received information and coping with anxiety training by an instructor.	Other: Information and Coping with Anxiety Training; Informing and Coping with Anxiety Training was given to the experimental group before the operation through a prepared booklet.The information booklet about the training was created by the researchers by reviewing the current literature. The booklet provides information for patients scheduled for hysterectomy about how to cope with surgery-related anxiety. The booklet provides information on what the hysterectomy is, why it is performed, what risks it has, what should be done before, during and after the hysterectomy, what rules the patient should comply with after hysterectomy, in which cases she should present to the health institution, what changes she might experience in her social, physical, sexual and emotional life after the surgery. The booklet also provides information about discharge training and coping with anxiety.
No Intervention: Control; No intervention was applied to the control group.Data were collected from the control group simultaneously with the study group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Anxiety was assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Scale.	The total score obtained from both scales varies between 20 and 80. It states that 0-19 points mean no anxiety, 20-39 points mean mild, 40-59 points mean moderate, 60-79 points mean severe anxiety, and individuals with a score of 60 and above need professional help	preoperative

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mersin Training and Research Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 15, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 15, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): December 15, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 22, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 28, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 29, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 21, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 20, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Anxiety Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: MersinCity

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No