Effects of visual aid on state anxiety, fear and stress level in patients undergoing endoscopy: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present study aimed to calculate the estimated size and confidence interval for the effects of adding visual aid to counselling on anxiety, stress and fear of patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The secondary aim was to calculate confidence interval for endoscopy-related variables that predict which patients are likely to benefit from visual aids.

Method

In a randomized, single-blind, two arm, parallel group, superiority trial, 232 consecutive patients who were scheduled to undergo either gastroscopy or colonoscopy were randomly divided into two intervention groups; counselling with video of endoscopic procedure and counselling with no-video (n = 116 in each group). Primary outcome was anxiety and secondary outcomes were stress and fea

SUBMITTER: Khan AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature