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Cho and Rho: Effects of Individualized Postoperative Education on Anxiety Levels and Self-Care Compliance after One-Day Cataract Surgery
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012; 53(3): 412-419.

Published online: 15 March 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2012.53.3.412

Effects of Individualized Postoperative Education on Anxiety Levels and Self-Care Compliance after One-Day Cataract Surgery

Kyung-Sook Cho, PhD1, Chang Rae Rho, MD2

1Department of Nursing, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Seongnam, Korea.

2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to Chang Rae Rho, MD. Department of Ophthalmology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, #64 Daeheung-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-723, Korea. Tel: 82-42-220-9590, Fax: 82-42-252-3215, menard@catholic.ac.kr

Received 15 September 2011       Accepted 13 February 2012

Copyright © 2012 The Korean Ophthalmological Society

Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the influence of additional postoperative individualized teaching on the anxiety levels and self-care compliance of postoperative care in patients after one-day cataract surgery.

Methods

The present study included 80 cataract patients who underwent phacoemulsification and posterior intraocular lens insertion performed by a single operator between January 2011 and February 2011. The control group consisted of patients who received postoperative education from an ophthalmology coordinator based on previous hospital policy. The experiment group consisted of patients who received additional individualized postoperative education from an operator in the recovery room. Trait anxiety on operation day, state anxiety on postoperative day 1, and self-care compliance and postoperative satisfaction at postoperative 1 month were evaluated.

Results

There were no significant differences of trait anxiety levels on operation day or state anxiety on postoperative day 1 between the control and experiment groups. The experiment group revealed a higher score on the postoperative self-care compliance questionnaire, especially regarding care of the operation site.

Conclusions

Individualized postoperative education increases self-care compliance level and contributes to improve postoperative recovery after one-day cataract surgery.

Keywords: Anxiety level, Cataract surgery, Individualized postoperative education, Self-care compliance

Figures and Tables

Table 1
Questionnaires on self-care compliance
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Table 2
Patient demographics
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Values are presented as number or mean ± SD.

*p-value by chi-square test; †p-value by t-test.

Table 3
Anxiety and satisfaction score
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Values are presented as mean ± SD.

*p-value by t-test.

Table 4
Self-care compliance 4 wks after operation
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Values are presented as mean ± SD.

*p-value by t-test.

Table 5
Correlations between anxiety scores and self-care compliance
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