The Effect of Nurse-led Video-assisted Discharge Training on Anxiety and Readiness for Discharge

Type of Research This study is a quasi-experimental controlled design. Patients who underwent CABG surgery were divided into 2 groups as patients who received standard discharge training and patients who received video-assisted discharge training.

Place and Sample of the Study The study was conducted between January and October 2023 in a Thoracic-Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital in Istanbul. G*Power version 3.1 was used to calculate the sample size. According to the results of Weiss (2010), the sample size was calculated as 88, 44 intervention and 44 control, with an effect size of 0.32, a significance level (α) of 0.05, an expected power of 0.80, and an effect size estimate of 0.30. The study included 89 patients, 44 in the experimental and 45 in the control groups, who met the inclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria; over the age of 18, good mental health, speak Turkish, have no hearing or vision problems, have had first coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Data Collection Tools Data were collected using Patient Information Form, Discharge Readiness Scale and State Anxiety Scale.

Patient Information Form: It was prepared by the researchers in line with the relevant literature. The form includes questions about age, gender, marital status, educational status, occupation, place of residence, income status, social security status, presence of an additional disease, smoking, with whom they live at home, presence of a caregiver at home, height, weight, date of hospitalisation, date of surgery, date of discharge.

Discharge Readiness Scale: