A Nigerian experiment in presurgical patient counseling: A pilot study

✍ Scribed by Christiana U. Edem; William R. Brieger; R.Olukayode Jegede

• Book ID: 103913925
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 847 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0738-3991
• DOI: 10.1016/0738-3991(85)90007-2

✦ Synopsis

While the effects of presurgical emotional and counseling interventions have been studied in western countries for over 20 years, the issues are relatively new in most of the developing world. A preoperative patienteducation project in one Nigerian hospital was undertaken to test the relevance of such interventions in a third-world setting. The fact that an experimental group showed reduced analgesic intake and smoother reduction in anxiety levels encourages further research in patient education, Hospital policy and personnel orientations exist at present which need to be modified before long-term counseling services and the potential benefits deriving therefrom can be expected in Nigeria.