The study was conducted to determine the effect of emotional support given during cesarean section on pain, anxiety and surgical fear.
The experimental study sample consisted of 120 women (emotional support group: 60, control group: 60). Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Surgical Fear Scale. In the comparison between the groups in the study, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean Visual Analog Scale scores of the women in the experimental and control groups in the pre-test (p\<0.05), and no difference in the post-test (p˃0.05). In the post-test measured after emotional support, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the State Anxiety Inventory scores, short-term, long-term and total Surgical Fear Scale scores between the groups (p˂0.05). After emotional support, women's pain levels increased, anxiety and surgical fear levels decreased and their satisfaction with emotional support during birth increased. Women who did not receive emotional support had significantly increased pain, anxiety and surgical fear levels.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
120
Women who met the inclusion criteria and volunteered to participate in the study and were provided emotional support were administered the Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Surgical Fear Scale via face-to-face interview method on the first day of their hospitalization before the caesarean section (pre-test). This application lasted 15-20 minutes. Enter a brief, descriptive title for this arm of the study.
Sukran Ertekin Pinar
Sivas, Turkey (Türkiye)
Surgical Fear Scale
The Surgical Fear Scale, consisting of eight questions, is an 11-point Likert-type scale and is scored between 0 and 10. It consists of two sub-dimensions measuring short-term fears (items 1-4) and long-term fears (items 5-8) regarding the source of fear. The items in the scale are evaluated as "0: I am not afraid at all" and "10: I am very afraid". Increasing scores indicate increasing fear.
Time frame: Baseline
State Anxiety Inventory
The inventory consists of four-degree evaluations ranging from "Not at all" to "Completely" in the Likert type. There are 20 items in the inventory, and the individual is required to define how he/she feels at a certain moment and under certain conditions, and to respond by taking into account his/her feelings about the situation he/she is in. High scores indicate high anxiety levels, and low scores indicate low anxiety levels.
Time frame: Baseline
Visual Analog Scale
The scale is graded as 0-10 cm long, with 0=no pain, 10=the most severe pain. It is applied by the individual marking a point corresponding to the level of pain they feel. The distance between the determined point and the lowest part of the line is evaluated in centimeters. The value found indicates the patient's pain level.
Time frame: Baseline
Surgical Fear Scale
The Surgical Fear Scale, consisting of eight questions, is an 11-point Likert-type scale and is scored between 0 and 10. It consists of two sub-dimensions measuring short-term fears (items 1-4) and long-term fears (items 5-8) regarding the source of fear. The items in the scale are evaluated as "0: I am not afraid at all" and "10: I am very afraid". Increasing scores indicate increasing fear.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
State Anxiety Inventory
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The inventory consists of four-degree evaluations ranging from "Not at all" to "Completely" in the Likert type. There are 20 items in the inventory, and the individual is required to define how he/she feels at a certain moment and under certain conditions, and to respond by taking into account his/her feelings about the situation he/she is in. High scores indicate high anxiety levels, and low scores indicate low anxiety levels.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Visual Analog Scale
The scale is graded as 0-10 cm long, with 0=no pain, 10=the most severe pain. It is applied by the individual marking a point corresponding to the level of pain they feel. The distance between the determined point and the lowest part of the line is evaluated in centimeters. The value found indicates the patient's pain level.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year