The Effects of Video Media Use in Patients Undergoing Anesthesia for Surgery on the Patients Knowledge and Satisfaction with the Media

Abstract

Bedside teaching without teaching materials may lead to incomplete information being provided to the patients, which, in turn, can result in improper patient behavior and having to postpone surgery. The purposes of this quasi-experimental research were to examine the effects of providing information using video media on patient knowledge related to self-care behaviors before, during, and after receiving spinal anesthesia and patient satisfaction with the video media. The participants were 30 patients who received spinal anesthesia in the hospital. The research instrument was video instruction media which contained information that had been validated by five experts. The content validity index was calculated to be .91. Data were collected using a knowledge test about self-care behaviors prior to (before), at the time of (during), and after receiving spinal anesthesia. The test was administered to 30 patients with similar characteristics. The reliability of the test (Kuder-Richardson 20) was equal to .80. Data were analyzed by using independent t-test. It was found that after receiving information using the video media, the mean scores for knowledge about self-care behaviors before, during, and after receiving spinal anesthesia (M = 16.17, SD = 1.97) were significantly higher than the scores before being taught using the video media (M = 9.37, SD = 3.20, t(29) = -10.09, p < .01, d = 2.55). Patients were very satisfied with the video media, with the ratings being in the highest level (M = 4.67, SD = 0.52). Therefore, due to the positive effects and the patients’ acceptance of the video media, video instructional material should be used to provide information and education to patients.