The Effect of Short Film on Anxiety Level in Patients Undergoing Regional Anesthesia in Chomthong Hospital

Abstract

Preoperative anxiety has many adverse physical and mentally impacts on patients especially who have to take spinal anesthesia. A short film with information about anesthetic procedure and risks while preoperative visit by nurse anesthetist can relieve this anxiety. This study aims to compare the effect of short film by providing standard information by nurse anesthetist on preoperative anxiety level of the patients undergoing spinal anesthesia and to compare a cooperative of the patients when facing the real situation in the operating room and measure the satisfaction of both groups. A prospective Quasi-experimental study was applied, a sixty patients who undergoing spinal anesthesia were enrolled and divided into two groups, 30 persons per group. The control group received standard information only while the treatment group received both standard information and watching a short film. The anxiety scores were assessed using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Scale X-1 Form before and after the intervention. The obtained data were calculated for mean and standard deviation, overall score were compared by dependent and independent Student t-test. The results found that average anxiety scores in the treatment group before and after receiving the standard information plus watching short film has significantly reduced (52.73±4.91 and 38.20±2.81, p<0.001). While, in the control group, the anxiety score before and after receiving standard information was also significantly reduced (52.10±6.29 and 46.33 ±7.29, p=0.002). However, in treatment group, the anxiety score showed higher significantly reduction than control group (38.20±2.81and 46.33±7.29, p<0.001). Furthermore, in the control group, an average of a cooperation of patients facing the situation in the operating room were moderate and the satisfaction after operation for 24 hours were fairly good level, while in the treatment group showed high and very good level respectively.