Cognitive methods of preparing women for hysterectomy: does a booklet help?
Thirty women about to undergo hysterectomy were sequentially assigned to three equal groups. The first two groups were taught methods of cognitive control over anxiety, either through a detailed booklet (group 1) or orally (group 2). The third group served as attention-placebo controls. The two experimental groups reported less pain and distress than the control group, who spent longer in hospital and were more prone to post-operative vomiting. The booklet proved neither more nor less beneficial than oral teaching on the criteria adopted, and is therefore seen as more cost effective.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010174:Pamphlets; D010353:Patient Education as Topic