Terapötik Dokunuşun ve Hasta Eğitiminin Ameliyatı Ertelenen Hastalar Üzerindeki Etkilerinin Karşılaştırılması ve Derinlemesi,ne İncelenmesi
Özet
DS-17 A Comparison and in-Depth Study of the Effects of Therapeutic Touch and Patient
Education on Patients Postponing Surgery
Mehmet Günay Uyar1
, Nadiye Özer1
1 Erzincan Binali Yildirim University
Introduction: Postponement of scheduled surgery is associated with increased patient distress and reduced
satisfaction. Complementary nursing interventions grounded in Watson’s Human Caring Theory
“therapeutic touch and patient education” may improve perioperative experience for patients.
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare and analyze the effects of therapeutic touch and patient
education on pain, anxiety, satisfaction and physiological parameters in patients whose surgery was
postponed.
Material and Methods: In this mixed method study, the quantitative component employed a randomized
controlled pre test–post test design, while the qualitative component utilized a phenomenological approach.
The sample comprised 78 patients whose planned surgeries were postponed (n=26 control, n=26 therapeutic
touch, n=26 education), selected through simple random sampling for the quantitative phase. To enhance
validity and reliability, all experimental group patients (n=52) were included in the qualitative phase. Data
collection tools included the Descriptive Characteristics Form, State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Numerical
Rating Scale, Watson Caritas Patient Score, Physiological Parameters Assessment Form and Pre and Post
Intervention Semi-Structured Interview Forms. Quantitative data were analyzed with SPSS 25.0, and
qualitative data with van Manen’s thematic analysis.
Results: When the mean satisfaction scores were compared between the groups, a statistically significant
difference was found (p<0.05). The mean satisfaction scores were higher in the therapeutic touch and
education groups than in the control group and higher in the therapeutic touch group than in the education
group. When the mean scores of anxiety, pain, and physiologic parameters were compared, no statistically
significant difference was found between the groups (p>0.05). The qualitative findings of the study were
grouped under five main themes: feelings and thoughts about “postponing the surgery”, “physicians’ and
nurses’ approach during the waiting process”, “waiting process”, “therapeutic touch”, and “patient
education”. In both groups, expressions were concentrated in the codes of “dissatisfaction”, “anger”, and
“anxiety” before the intervention and in the codes of “satisfaction” and “acceptance of the situation” after
the intervention. The positive effects of the therapeutic touch intervention on patient satisfaction in patients
whose surgery was postponed were found to be greater than the effects of the patient education intervention.
It was determined that patient satisfaction was concentrated in the
Keywords: Anxiety, pain, patient education, physiologic parameter, postponed surgery, therapeutic touch
Atıf için künye
Özer, N., & Uyar, M. G. (2025). Terapötik Dokunuşun ve Hasta Eğitiminin Ameliyatı Ertelenen Hastalar Üzerindeki Etkilerinin Karşılaştırılması ve Derinlemesi,ne İncelenmesi. 6. Uluslararası 14 Ulusal Türk Cerrahi ve Ameliyathane Hemşireleri Kongresi, Antalya (ss. 212–213).
BibTeX
@inproceedings{ozer2025-318575,
author = {Özer, Nadiye and Uyar, Mehmet Günay},
title = {Terapötik Dokunuşun ve Hasta Eğitiminin Ameliyatı Ertelenen Hastalar Üzerindeki Etkilerinin Karşılaştırılması ve Derinlemesi,ne İncelenmesi},
booktitle = {6. Uluslararası 14 Ulusal Türk Cerrahi ve Ameliyathane Hemşireleri Kongresi},
address = {Antalya},
year = {2025},
pages = {212--213},
url = {https://akademik.atauni.edu.tr/yayinlar/318575-terapotik-dokunusun-ve-hasta-egitiminin-ameliyati-ertelenen-hastalar-uzerindeki}
}