Effect of Preoperative Pain Education on Anxiety, Pain, and Analgesic Use in Total Knee and Hip Replacement Patients

Inclusion Criteria

• •Being 18 years of age or older,
• •Providing voluntary informed consent to participate in the study,
• •Scheduled to undergo elective knee or hip joint replacement (arthroplasty) surgery,
• •Having no communication barriers,
• •Having no history of alcohol or substance dependence,
• •Having no concurrent diagnosis of malignant disease and not receiving cancer treatment,
• •Not using opioid medications regularly in the preoperative period,
• •Having an ASA score of III or below,
• •Having no cognitive impairment that would affect the ability to comprehend the provided education,
• •Having no diagnosed neurological or psychiatric disorder and not using medications related to such conditions.
• •Elimination criteria:
• •Indication for postoperative intensive care,
• •Development of major complications after surgery, such as massive bleeding or pulmonary embolism,
• •Requesting to withdraw from the study at any stage,
• •Use of a patient-controlled analgesia device postoperatively