The Effect of Information and the Training for Coping with Anxiety Given to Women before Hysterectomy on their Levels of Anxiety: A Post-Test Randomized Controlled Experimental Study

Yılmaz, Mualla

Objective: It was aimed to determine the effect of information regarding hysterectomy and the training to cope with anxiety over their anxiety levels, which were given to women before they undergo hysterectomy. Methods: The parallel group post-test randomized controlled experimental design was used. The trial registration for the research protocol was obtained retrospectively from clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05436691) and the protocol was following the non-pharmacological intervention guidelines (CONSORT). The sample of the study consisted of 59 (intervention=30; control=29) women hospitalized in the Gynecology Oncology Clinic of a city hospital in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey, who were scheduled to undergo hysterectomy between July 15, and December 15, 2018. The women in the expe...