The effect of Ayatalkorsi reading on preoperative anxiety

Background: Preoperative anxiety is a most common problem problems for patients during the surgery process. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Ayatalkorsi reading on preoperative anxiety of patients undergoing surgery in Emam
Reza hospital at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS), Iran 2013.

Methods and Materials: This study was a quasi-experimental research. 80 patients who were scheduled to undergo a surgery randomly assigned to two groups: control (n=40) and case (n=40). Data collection tool was Spilberger's anxiety inventory.

Both groups completed the questionnaire in two times, the first time was the evening of day and second time was one hour before surgery. The subjects in case group received a printed version of Ayatalkorsi and were asked to read it once while in control group, no intervention was done except receiving their routine care. Data were analyzed with SPSS 16, using T student and Chi square tests.

Results: The results showed that anxiety mean score in both groups a moderate to high in day before surgery. But in operation day anxiety mean score in case group was more less than control group. A significant differences was found (P<0/001).

Conclusions: According to the results, it can be concluded that the reading of Ayatalkorsi can decrease the preoperative anxiety. Thus this method can be recommended as a non-pharmacological strategy which is a safe and cheap procedure in patients waiting
for surgery.