Study on effect of methods of preoperative education in women

Abstract

The authors' repeated measures experimental study at a 359-bed community medical center located in California compared the effect of preadmission structured education with postadmission unstructured education on the outcomes of patient satisfaction, postoperative recovery, and return to functional status. Power analysis for a large effect size was used to determine the sample size of 50 adult females scheduled for open abdominal surgery. The authors used valid and reliable tools to measure the dependent variables and their findings suggest that same-day admission surgical patients who receive preadmission structured education have improved clinical outcomes, are more satisfied, are more likely to meet the targeted discharge date, and return to prior functional status sooner.