Evaluation of the coping mechanisms in preoperative patients undergoing surgery: A case study

Abstract

Objective: It is quite normal to be nervous before undergoing surgery. Although surgery will preserve or even be a lifesaver, most people are anxious about "going under the knife". It seems vital to keep worries from getting too overwhelming. The present study intends to evaluate the coping mechanisms in preoperative patients undergoing surgery in Al-Karama for Cardiac Surgery in Baghdad (IBHCSB). Methods: This experiment is a quasi-study to evaluate the Coping Mechanism in Preoperative Patients Undergoing Surgery in IBHCSB. For the current investigation, a quasi-experimental research strategy, a single group “pre-test”, and “post-test” design were utilized, with 250 patients hospitalized to the IBHCSB. In this study, the purposeful sampling approach was utilized. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.  Results: Before the structured training program, 87.67 percent of the patients had maladaptive coping and 12.33 percent had adaptive coping, based on the “pre-test” percentage score coping mechanism. As per the “post-test” percentage score coping mechanism, 78.33% of the patients had adaptive coping and 21.67% had maladaptive coping. The coping mechanism score differs between “pre-test” and “post-test”. The mean “post-test” coping mechanism score was 9.191, while the mean “pre-test” coping mechanism score was 5.746.  Conclusion: Weighing up the results acquired, it can be concluded that Structured Teaching Programme (STP) had a major impact at the p<0.05 level. Also, the findings demonstrate that several pre-operative patients had anxiety and maladaptive coping mechanisms for pre-operative anxiety.