The effect on anxiety and satisfaction of video-assisted education given before an ERCP procedure

Abstract

Providing education in medical procedures may ensure patients' compliance, reduce anxiety, and increase satisfaction. This randomized controlled research study was conducted to determine the effect of video-assisted education on anxiety and satisfaction given before an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure. A total of 70 patients participated between September 2017 and December 2018. Data were collected with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Visual Analogue Scale. Routine education was given to the control group, while routine education and video-assisted education were given to the intervention group. There was no difference between the state anxiety scores of the groups before the procedure (p > .05). The state anxiety level of the intervention group was lower than that of the control group after the procedure (p < .05). There was no significant difference between the trait anxiety scores of groups before and after the procedure (p > .05). The postprocedure trait anxiety mean score of the intervention group decreased statistically significantly compared with the preprocedure mean score (p < .05). The mean satisfaction score after the procedure was higher in the intervention group than in the control group (p < .05). It was determined that video-assisted education decreased state and trait anxiety and increased satisfaction after the procedure.