THE EFFECT OF AN EDUCATIONAL PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM VIA A LINE MOBILE APPLICATION ON THE ANXIETY LEVEL OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING OUTPATIENT COLONOSCOPY
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anxiety, information program, Line application, colonoscopyAbstract
This quasi-experimental research was conducted through a two-group pretest-posttest design aimed to investigate the effect of a LINE application-based preparatory information program on anxiety levels in colonoscopy patients using Leventhal & Johnson’s self-regulation theory (1983) as a conceptual framework. There were 72 colonoscopy outpatients at Vajira Hospital selected according to a specified qualification and divided into control and experimental groups. Each group consisted of 36 participants. While the control group merely received conventional nursing care, the experimental group participated in the LINE application-based preparatory information program. The instruments used for data collection consisted of 1) a personal data questionnaire, and 2) an anxiety assessment before colonoscopy with a reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient) of .947. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and an independent t-test.
The results indicated that after participating in the LINE application-based preparatory information program, the experimental group had lower mean anxiety scores than before (t = -17.39, p = .000), and lower than the control group with a statistical significance level (t = -5.346, p = .000). Therefore, nurses and other healthcare practitioners should utilize and improve the developed LINE application-based preparatory information program in order to reduce the anxiety level in patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy.
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