Animation Education Program Applied to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients Effect on Patient Care Results: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is one of the most common bariatric surgical methods used in obesity treatment. As in every surgical operation, patients may face problems after the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery. No study has been found in our country to investigate the effect of animation education applied to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy patients on patient care results. This study investigated the effect of animation education developed for respiratory rehabilitation among sleeve gastrectomy patients on patient care results. This is a randomized controlled study. A total of 66 patients who were going to have sleeve gastrectomy were randomly divided into two groups each including 33 participants. The intervention group was provided with animation education. The control group received routine face-to-face education. Postoperative risk of respiratory complications, presence of dyspnea, nausea, and vomiting, frequency of postoperative respiratory exercises, and satisfaction with postoperative respiratory education were examined. Patients’ pain and sleep quality were examined 1 day before the surgery and on the postoperative first and fifth days. The mean postoperative fifth-day pain score of the experimental group was lower than that of the control group. The mean sleep score of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group. The early postoperative problems were less in the experimental group and all patients were satisfied with the animated respiratory education. The animation education developed for respiratory rehabilitation among sleeve gastrectomy patients promoted patient care results. Bariatric surgery nurses can use animation as an innovative education method to increase participation of patients who undergo sleeve gastrectomy surgery in health education and to improve patient care results.