Investigation of the effect of surgical patients' anxiety levels on perceiving nursing care quality

INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF SURGICAL PATIENTS' ANXIETY LEVELS ON PERCEIVING NURSING CARE QUALITY Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of anxiety levels on the perception of nursing quality of surgical patients. Methods: The study was conducted between August 2018 and April 2019 with 92 patients who were hospitalized in Ege University Health Application and Research Center Neurosurgery Clinic. In the collection of data; Sociodemographic data including Patient Information Form, Caring Behaviors Inventory-24, State-Trait Anxiety Scale were used. The patient's age, gender, educational level, marital status, previous surgery, and the number of days of hospitalization were questioned. SPSS 17.0 program was used to evaluate the data. The level of significance was accepted as 0,05. Results: The mean age of the patients included in our study was 51.22 ± 11.56, 51.1% were women, 88% were married, 51,7% were primary school graduates, 32.6% were housewives, 71.8% were hospitalized with a cranial diagnosis and 64.1% previously hospitalized, 58.7% had previous surgery. According to the data of our study, the mean CBI-24 score was 5.1±0.6, while the mean STAI score was 66.8 ± 14.2. The anxiety level of female patients was higher than male patients (p = 0.0001; t = 4.567). Anxiety levels of patients who had previous surgery were higher than those without surgery (p = 0.022; t = 2,339). The anxiety level of the housewives was higher than the other occupations (p = 0.010; F = 3,230). A statistically significant negative correlation was found between STAI and CBI-24. In addition, the correlation between each scale and its sub-dimension was examined and it was found that there was a high and positive relationship. Conclusion: Anxiety levels of surgical patients have no effect on the perception of nursing care quality. Key Words: Anxiety; Nursing care; Quality of Care; Neurosurgery; Patient satisfaction