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- Title
The Effect of Unreliable Social Media Use on Preoperative Cesarean Anxiety.
- Authors
GÜLER, AYGÜN; ÖZCAN, NAMIK NEBİ
- Abstract
Aim: Nowadays, many patients use social platforms to share their personal experiences and opinions about caesarean section. Despite being a popular phenomenon, little is known about the reliability of these posts and their impact on patient anxiety. In this study, our aim was to investigate, for the first time in the literature, the effect of social media use on patients' preoperative caesarean section anxiety levels. Method: With the approval of the ethics committee, 250 pregnant patients seen before an elective caesarean section were asked to complete a prospective, monocentric questionnaire about the use of online platforms and also to complete the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) for preoperative anxiety levels. Results: 205 patients answered the questionnaire and 98.8% of the patients were internet users. Also 72.9% of those who read articles and 58.3% of those who watched videos stated that they did not want general anaesthesia for caesarean section. APAIS anxiety scores of those who read articles and watches videos about caesarean section anaesthesia on the internet were higher and anaesthesia-related anxiety was significantly higher than surgery-related anxiety. This is the first study which evaluated the social media effect on the anxiety in the literature. Conclusion: The findings show that pregnant women use social media extensively and that the use of social media, the reliability of which cannot be controlled, has an increasing effect on patients' anxiety levels.
- Subjects
SOCIAL media; ANXIETY; CESAREAN section; PREGNANT women; INTERNET users
- Publication
Jinekoloji-Obstetrik & Neonatoloji Tip Dergisi, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 3, p1899
- ISSN
1304-5512
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.38136/jgon.1345369