Effect of Comedy Therapy on Pain and Anxiety Levels After Ureterorenoscopy

Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor Şerafettin OKUTAN, Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bitlis Eren University

The aim is to determine the effect of comedy therapy on pain and anxiety levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy (URS) surgery.

The hypotheses of this study; H1-0: Comedy therapy has no effect on pain levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy surgery.

H1-1: Comedy therapy has an effect on pain levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy surgery.

H2-0: Comedy therapy has no effect on anxiety levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy surgery.

H2-1: Comedy therapy has an effect on anxiety levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy surgery.

Intervention Group

After URS surgery, patients whose condition is stable after coming to the clinic will be given a patient introduction form, numerical rating scale, state-trait anxiety scales as a pre-test. Patients will be shown 10-minute Turkish comedy films prepared by the researchers. After the intervention, numerical rating scale, state-trait anxiety scales will be given as a post-test.

Control Group

After URS surgery, patients whose condition is stable after coming to the clinic will be given a patient introduction form, numerical rating scale, state-trait anxiety scales as a pre-test. No intervention will be made to control group patients. After a certain waiting period, numerical rating scale, state-trait anxiety scales will be given as a post-test.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being over 18 years old,
• Not having any visual or auditory problems,
• Not having any communication problems,
• Not having any psychiatric problems.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not accepting to participate in the study or wanting to leave,
• Having had complications during the perioperative process.