Perioperative anxiety
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients undergoing elected thyroid surgery and general anesthesia with tracheal intubation; 2.Ages between 18 and 65; 3.No serious systemic disease, ASA grade I~II; 4.No contraindication for the use of vagus nerve stimulator; 5.Agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients ever experienced taVNS, or with the conchal cavity skin damage; 2.With contraindications such as cardiac pacemaker or automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator, or fear for electrical stimulation; 3.Airway hyperresponsiveness (asthma, COPD, long-term smoking history); 4.Preoperative sinus bradycardia (heart rate less than 50 beats/minute) or sinus node disease, second or third degree atrioventricular block; 5.Mental illness; Or surgical history of severe craniocerebral trauma; 6.Severe hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, or major surgical history; 7.Have received long-term anesthetic analgesia, sedation or NSAID treatment; 8.With hearing and language communication barriers and cannot communicate effectively with doctors; 9.Cannot understand the informed consent form or refuse to sign it.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| state-trait anxiety inventory score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Amsterdam preoperative anxiety and information scale score;Athens insomnia scale score;visual analog scale score;vital signs;types and dosage of analgesics;operation time,surgical manner,anesthesia duration and intraoperative volume.;time of first anal exhaust after operation;postoperative hospital stay; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Huai'an First People's Hospital