Abstract
Aim: The study was completed with a descriptive design with the aim of determining the effect of preoperative stress on pain beliefs and used a relationship seeking design with the aim of revealing whether there is a significant correlation between pain beliefs and surgery anxiety levels among patients about to undergo surgical procedures in the urology clinic. Material and method: With descriptive and relationship seeking type, the study was completed with 112 patients admitted to the urology clinic for surgical procedures. For collection of data, a personal information form, pain beliefs scale and preoperative anxiety scale were used. Results: The majority of volunteers participating in the research were male (62.5), married (74.1%), aged 51 years or older (56.3%), primary school graduates (28.6%) and retired (38.4%) with moderate income levels (48.2%). Most patients had spinal anesthesia (48.1%) administered. There was a significant difference found between the surgery anxiety levels and pain beliefs with the anesthesia type administered. There was a negative, low power and statistically very advanced correlation between surgery anxiety and pain beliefs (r: -0.445; p˂0.05). Additionally, among the pain belief subdimensions psychological beliefs were mostly correlated with surgery anxiety ( r: -0.546; p˂0.05) Conclusion: The research found a correlation between anxiety levels and pain beliefs of patients and concluded that researching this in different samples and nurses assessing the pain beliefs of patients will reduce anxiety. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 21 No. 02 April’22 Page : 271-278
Highlights
Despite the lengthened life expectancy and increased quality of life of patients, all major or minor surgeries are a significant source of anxiety for patients
Aim: The study was completed with a descriptive design with the aim of determining the effect of preoperative stress on pain beliefs and used a relationship seeking design with the aim of revealing whether there is a significant correlation between pain beliefs and surgery anxiety levels among patients about to undergo surgical procedures in the urology clinic
Is there a correlation between pain beliefs and surgery anxiety with the type of anesthesia to be administered among patients undergoing surgical procedures in the urology clinic?
Summary
Despite the lengthened life expectancy and increased quality of life of patients, all major or minor surgeries are a significant source of anxiety for patients. Surgical interventions cause disruption of body image, reduce self-esteem and change lifestyle and are seen as life-threatening elements. There may be a variety of reasons for the anxiety experienced by patients. Patients experience anxiety due to encountering situations like death, hopelessness, role or responsibility changes, receiving a life-threatening diagnosis or being paralyzed.[1,2,3,4] For example, the fear of death experienced before surgery was stated to be greater than fear of death felt during surgery.[5,6] Another cause of anxiety is whether pain will be felt. The study by Yıldız identified that nearly three quarters (76.5%) of patients experienced anxiety related to surgery, with feeling pain after surgery (64.5%) being the first among the causes of anxiety in the preoperative period.[7]
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