Summary:
OBJECTIVE: The ultimate objective of this research work is to study the
effectiveness of psychological intervention on postoperative stress of patients
with hip fracture, and to examine the factors affected by the intervention.
METHOD: A randomized primary and quantative research was conducted through
questionnaires distributed to the patients after the approval of the Head of
the Hospital, Mr. Nikolopoulos. More specifically, data information was
collected during the research period October to May 2013-14 on postoperative
stress observed in hip fracture patients of the Hospital KAT, Attiki, before
the intervention and after the intervention. The latter was followed by
statistical analysis of the results individually and compared to the two
factors (postoperative stress before-after the intervention) through the
statistical package SPSS for Windows (version 19) statistical software (SPSS
Inc., Chicago, IL) with a focus on statistical significance at level p = 0,05
controlled regularity through statistical test Kolmogorov-Smirnov.Initially,
the mean and standard deviations were calculated. During the second phase
were conducted the following: a bivariate analysis with t-test,
Man-Whitney-test for Study 2 variables and ANOVA analysis and control-test
Kruskal Wallis for the study over 2 variables. Last, factors with univariate
and multivariate logistic regression were correlated. The sample consisted of
34 elderly hip fracture patients average age 69.3 ± 6.9 years, of both sexes
and in particular 5 (14.7%) men aged 65 ± 6.9 and 29 (85.3 %) women aged 70 ±
6.8 .
RESULTS: The research results deriving from the primary research that was
conducted indicate there was postoperative anxiety in patients with hip
fracture, which according to the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was 40.1 ± 6.8
before the intervention and 36 ± 4.4 after the intervention, a fact that
confirms the effectiveness of the intervention.
CONCLUSIONS: There is evidence of statistically significant difference related
to postoperative stress 'before' and ‘after’ the intervention, which means that
the intervention was successful.
Keywords:
Stress, Hip fracture, Intervention, Effectiveness, Anxiety
