ผลของโปรแกรมการให้ข้อมูลร่วมกับสุคนธบำบัดต่อความวิตกกังวลของผู้ดูแลในครอบครัวในระหว่างรอผู้ป่วยผ่าตัดเนื้องอกสมอง / สมรพรรณ ไตรภูธร = The Effect of giving information and aromatherapy program on anxiety of family caregivers of brain tumor patients during the perioperative period / Samornphan Traiputorn
This quasi-experimental research aimed to compare the anxiety of family caregivers of brain tumor surgical patients between the compare group and the experimental group. Study sample were 40 family caregivers of brain tumor surgical patients at Prasat Neurological Institute. They were divided into two groups: compare group and experimental group. The compare group received the intra-operative Information program, while the experimental group received the intra-operative information and aromatherapy program. The experimental instruments were the intra-operative information program and the intra-operative information and aromatherapy program. Collecting data instruments were Personal Questionnaire and Families' Anxiety Questionnaire. Statistical techniques used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, dependent t-test and independent t-test. The major findings showed that: 1. The posttest anxiety of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the compare group (p<.05). 2. The posttest anxiety after 1 day of the experimental group and the compare group were not difference (p>.05).