Objectives This study investigated the effect of animation education developed for respiratory rehabilitation among sleeve gastrectomy patients on patient care results.

Design This is a randomized controlled study. Method 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 one day before the surgery and on the postoperative first and fifth days.

Inclusion Criteria:

The patients,

who are in clinical treatment for sleeve gastrectomy; who are 18 years of age or older, mentally healthy; who can speak and understand Turkish; who owns and can use smartphones; who do not have chronic diseases related to the respiratory system (lung diseases, etc.); who are volunteers, will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

The Patients

who are a lung infection in the last month who are neurological disease who are major psychiatric diagnosis who are vision and hearing problems who are intolerable dyspnea who do not agree to participate in the study, will be excluded