Audio Books Effects on Anxiety and Vital Sings

The Audio Book Application Preference Form asked about book preferences other than horror and thriller genres. The selected audiobook was played with headphones via tablet/smartphone. Separate headphones were used for each patient. Patient Follow-up Form and Facial Anxiety Scale evaluations; the initial measurement (M0) was evaluated before the intervention, the first measurement (M1) at the 15th minute of the intervention, the second measurement (M2) at the 30th minute of the intervention, and the third measurement (M3) 30 minutes after the end of the intervention. Care was taken to ensure that there was no deterioration in the comfort of individuals due to the intervention. In the selection of audio books, language fluency, spelling rules and accessibility were taken into consideration and audiobook platforms to which the researchers were members were used.