The Effect of Bibliotherapy Administered During the Preoperative Period on Vital Signs, Anxiety, and Coping With Illness in Adolescent Patients

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This study aimed to evaluate the effects of bibliotherapy administered to adolescent patients in the preoperative period on vital signs, anxiety levels, and coping attitudes using a pretest-posttest controlled experimental design. The main hypotheses: H1: Bibliotherapy administered to adolescent patients during the preoperative period positively affects at least one of the patients' vital signs. H2: Bibliotherapy administered to adolescent patients during the preoperative period reduces the patients' state anxiety level. H3: Bibliotherapy administered to adolescent patients during the preoperative period reduces the patients' trait anxiety level. H4: Bibliotherapy administered to adolescent patients during the preoperative period increases the patients' level of coping with illness. Researchers will compare control group to see if vital signs, anxiety and coping with illnes levels. Bibliotherapy was applied to the intervention group, while the control group received routine clinical care.

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