ABSTRACT
Objective:
to evaluate the effect of therapeutic listening on people’s anxiety in the immediate preoperative period.
Method:
a quasi-experimental and intervention research study carried out from July to October 2018 with 150 people in a Hospital from Minas Gerais/Brazil. Anxiety was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the physiological measures. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis and Chi-square, Spearman and Wilcoxon tests were performed.
Results:
of the 31 people with anxiety, 20 had a reduction in the anxiety levels and in the physiological measures mean values after the intervention. A significant relationship was found between the gender, monthly family income, previous surgical complications and significant life events variables and the anxiety measure. A weak positive correlation was found between anxiety and respiratory rate and a weak negative correlation between anxiety and age group.
Conclusion:
when identifying patients with anxiety, interventions such as therapeutic listening can be implemented to make the perioperative period healthier.
DESCRIPTORS
Anxiety; Elective Surgical Procedure; Preoperative Period; Health Communication; Nurse-Patient Relationships