Studying the Impact of Mandala Coloring on Reducing Anxiety and Stress Before Elective Surgery

What this Trial Is About

This research explores the impact of mandala coloring, a non-drug and art-based activity, on reducing anxiety and stress in patients scheduled for elective surgery. Anxiety before surgery is common and can lead to worse outcomes like increased pain and delayed recovery. The study seeks to see if a simple, low-cost mandala coloring session can help ease these feelings and improve patients overall preoperative experience. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group before their surgery. The intervention group will spend 20 minutes coloring mandalas in a quiet room the day before surgery, while the control group receives standard preoperative care without any coloring activity. Both groups will be assessed for anxiety, stress, and physiological measures like blood pressure and pulse before and after the activity or waiting period. During the study, participants will complete questionnaires measuring anxiety and stress, and their vital signs will be recorded. Data collection occurs one day before surgery, with evaluations done before and after the mandala coloring or the waiting period for the control group. The study aims to provide evidence supporting mandala coloring as a practical nursing approach to help patients manage preoperative anxiety and stress.

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