Effect of nursing intervention on incidence of agitation and negative emotion in patients recovering from general anesthesia in operating room

Objective To investigate the effect of nursing intervention on the incidence of agitation and negative emotion in patients undergoing general anesthesia recovery. Methods Totally 120 patients with general anesthesia admitted to the Binzhou Central Hospital, Shandong Province from January 2017 to January 2019 were divided into the control group and the observation group by random digits table method with 60 cases each. Those in the control group was given routine nursing, the observation group was given integrated care. The incidence rate of agitation, conscious recovery time, the time of wake-up score≥4 and negative emotional changes in the two groups were compared. Results The incidence of agitation in the observation group was 6.67% (4/60), which was lower than that in the control group (25.0%, 15/60). The difference was statistically significant (χ2 value was 6.253, P<0.05). The conscious recovery time, the time of wake-up score≥4 was (1.05±0.39), (16.34±1.21) h, both were shorter than the control group (2.68±0.42), (23.12±1.03) h, the difference was statistically significant (t value was 22.029, 33.050, P<0.01). The Kessler10 score of the observation group was 30.24±3.64,which was lower than that in the control group 24.84±2.35. The difference was statistically significant (t value was 9.654, P<0.01). Conclusions The operation room nursing intervention for patients with general anesthesia recovery can reduce the occurrence of agitation and reduce the negative emotion of patients, and the application effect is remarkable. Key words: Operating room; Nursing care; General anesthesia recovery; Agitation; Negative emotion