Perioperative real-time information sharing and its impact on family members' anxiety in patients undergoing elective thoracoscopic lobectomy: a single-center randomized controlled trial.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of perioperative real-time information sharing on family members' anxiety in patients undergoing elective thoracoscopic lobectomy and to explore the potential role of information sharing in reducing anxiety levels among family members.

Methods: This study was a prospective, single-center, well-designed randomized controlled trial (RCT), ensuring methodological rigor, which included family members of patients undergoing elective thoracoscopic lobectomy. Participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (real-time information-sharing group) or the control group (routine information communication group).