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Effects of Information Delivery Intervention for the Family of Patients Undergoing Surgery on Emergency in South Korea

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  • SeYoon Kim
  • Daun Jeong
  • Mi-Hye Ryu
  • Sohyune R. Sok

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The family of emergency surgery patients experience psychological pressure due to the uncertainty of the surgery. The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of information delivery intervention provided by an operation theater nurse on anxiety and satisfaction levels of the family of emergency surgery patients. A quasi-experimental pretest–posttest control group design is used. A total of 60 participants were included in the study as the family of patients undergoing emergency surgery within 6 hr in the emergency room of K hospital in Seoul, Korea (intervention: n = 30, control: n = 30). The information delivery intervention consisted of information on the operating room environment and surgery progress. The tools included the Anxiety scale to examine the anxiety levels and Perioperative Family Needs Questionnaire (PFNQ) to measure family satisfaction levels. Participants in the intervention group had a lower anxiety level ( p

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  • SeYoon Kim & Daun Jeong & Mi-Hye Ryu & Sohyune R. Sok, 2021. "Effects of Information Delivery Intervention for the Family of Patients Undergoing Surgery on Emergency in South Korea," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(2), pages 21582440211, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:11:y:2021:i:2:p:21582440211016555
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440211016555
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