Effect of Oral Carbohydrate Solution Administered Before Hip Arthroplasty on Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative
Fadime Ertural1, Gülden Küçükakça Çelik2, Hanife Özçelik3
1Department of Operating Room Services, Kapodokya University, Nevşehir, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study aimed to determine the effect of oral carbohydrate solution (OCS) administered before hip arthroplasty (HA) on preoperative anxiety and postoperative patient comfort.
Design:
The study was a randomized controlled clinical trial.
Methods:
Fifty patients undergoing HA were randomized into two groups: The intervention group (n = 25) received OCS before surgery, and the control group (n = 25) fasted from midnight till surgery. The patients' preoperative anxiety was assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), symptoms affecting postoperative patient comfort parameters using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and comfort levels specific to HA surgery using the Post-Hip Replacement Comfort Scale (PHRCS). Pre- and post-operative blood glucose levels of the patients were measured.
Findings:
In intragroup and intergroup assessments, the decrease in the preoperative and postoperative anxiety, pain, thirst, hunger, and nausea/vomiting levels were statistically significant (P < .05) in the OCS group. The OCS group's comfort levels specific to hip replacement were higher than those of the control group (P ≤ .001). In the intergroup and intragroup assessment of the patients' blood glucose levels, there was a statistically significant difference in favor of the OCS group (P < .05).
Conclusions:
The results of this study provide evidence supporting OCS administration before HA surgery.
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