[Teaching perioperative nursing: a comparative study of audiovisual (video) oral resources]

The aim of this study was to compare information on perioperative Nursing regarding audiovisual (video) and oral resources. 104 patients were registered as subjects and divided in two groups, 54 of them in the oral group and 50 in the video group. Authors concluded that the groups were homogeneous and that there was no significant difference between the two resources used. Independent from the resource used, the responses were qualitatively better. However, regarding perioperative informations, authors spent 10 minutes using the video while oral information lasted 45 minutes. The video unabled verbalization that is characterized by the exposition of methods and reduces the time spent with information.