Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
6. Uluslararası 14 Ulusal Türk Cerrahi ve Ameliyathane Hemşireleri Kongresi, Antalya, Türkiye, 6 - 09 Kasım 2025, ss.212-213, (Özet Bildiri)
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