Operating Room Orientation Video Education in Patients Undergoing Prostate Surgery

The study will evaluate whether the timing of operating room orientation video education influences postoperative pain and state anxiety in patients undergoing surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The intervention consists of a 5-minute video designed to familiarize patients with the perioperative environment and expected procedures. The video includes information about the operating room environment, the operating table, patient positioning, information related to the surgical process, the post-anesthesia care unit, and patient transfer.

Participants will be randomly allocated in a 1:1:1 ratio to one of three parallel groups. Participants in the first intervention group will receive the video approximately one day before surgery in the surgical ward. Participants in the second intervention group will receive the same video approximately 30 minutes before surgery in the operating room waiting unit. Participants in the control group will receive routine preoperative information according to standard clinical practice.

Pain intensity will be assessed using the Visual Analog Scale, and state anxiety will be assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State Anxiety Scale. Assessments will be performed one day before surgery, before the intervention in the operating room waiting unit, and six hours after surgery in the surgical ward.

Inclusion criteria

• Being conscious and able to communicate. Being able to read and understand Turkish. Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study and providing informed consent.

Having no visual or hearing impairment that would interfere with viewing the educational video or completing the study assessments.

Undergoing prostate surgery for the first time. Being 18 years of age or older.

Exclusion criteria

• Having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder. Having a chronic pain syndrome. Being scheduled for emergency surgery. Having previously received similar operating room orientation education.