Thoracic Surgery, Health Research and Application Center, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
J Perianesth Nurs. 2023 Feb;38(1):134-138. doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2022.06.015. Epub 2022 Jul 18.
The aim of this study was to determine the fear of surgery and Coronavirus in patients who will undergo a surgical intervention.
A descriptive cross-sectional study.
This study was carried out with 103 patients who were hospitalized in the thoracic and cardiovascular surgery departments of a university hospital between July and December 2021 and underwent elective cardiac/thoracic surgery for various indications. The Patient Information Form, Surgical Fear Questionnaire, and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fear Scale were used to collect data. One hundred three patients were reached within the scope of the study. Data were analyzed with the Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests and Spearman's correlation analysis in IBM SPSS (V.22.0) program.
The mean age of the participants was 57.8 ± 14.0 years (19-82), 68.0% (n = 70) were male, and 78.7% (n = 81) underwent thoracic surgery. The total mean score of the patients on the Surgical Fear Scale was 26.9 ± 20.5 while the total mean score on the Coronavirus Fear Scale was 18.2 ± 7.5. A weak positive correlation was identified between the patients' total score averages on the Surgical Fear Scale and the Coronavirus Fear Scale (COVID-19) (P < .001).
Patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery had a low fear of surgery and a close to moderate fear of Coronavirus. Patients' fears of surgery and Coronavirus should be determined before surgery, and psychological support should be provided to patients with high levels of fear.
本研究旨在确定将接受手术干预的患者对手术和冠状病毒的恐惧。
描述性的横断面研究。
这项研究是在 2021 年 7 月至 12 月期间在一所大学医院的胸心血管外科住院的 103 名患者中进行的，他们因各种适应症接受了择期心脏/胸部手术。使用患者信息表、手术恐惧问卷和冠状病毒（COVID-19）恐惧量表来收集数据。在研究范围内共纳入 103 例患者。使用 IBM SPSS（V.22.0）程序中的 Mann Whitney U 和 Kruskal Wallis 检验以及 Spearman 相关分析对数据进行分析。
参与者的平均年龄为 57.8 ± 14.0 岁（19-82），68.0%（n=70）为男性，78.7%（n=81）接受了胸部手术。患者在手术恐惧量表上的总平均得分为 26.9 ± 20.5，而在冠状病毒恐惧量表上的总平均得分为 18.2 ± 7.5。患者在手术恐惧量表上的总平均分与冠状病毒恐惧量表（COVID-19）之间存在弱正相关（P<.001）。
接受心胸手术的患者对手术的恐惧程度较低，对冠状病毒的恐惧程度接近中度。应在手术前确定患者对手术和冠状病毒的恐惧，并为恐惧程度高的患者提供心理支持。
