Preoperative anxiety and coping strategies of preoperative anxieties

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00016725

Enrollment

3200

Registered

2019-02-27

Start date

2012-03-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

preoperative anxiety

Interventions

Group 1: Patients scheduled for surgery under general or regional anesthesia will be studied with a survey using a questionnaire

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Elective surgery under general or regional anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Illiteracy, language barrier, impaired visual acuity or mental disorders which would prevent patients to complete the questionnaire.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1) By means of a questionnaire: Prevalence and intensity of preoperative anxiety, anxiety about surgery and anxiety about anesthesia according to APAIS and mNRS	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
2) Importance of specific fears associated with anxiety about anesthesia according to mNRS. 3) Risk factors of preoperative anxiety according to APAIS by means of multiple logistic Regression. 4) Importance of specific Coping strategies according to a Likert scale and percentage of patients who would like to have information in order to cope with preoperative anxiety. 5) Percentage of patients who wish to decide by themselves if anxiolytic premedication should be administered. Time that is considered optimal by patient when to be given the anxiolytic premedication.	—

Measure

Time frame

2) Importance of specific fears associated with anxiety about anesthesia according to mNRS. 3) Risk factors of preoperative anxiety according to APAIS by means of multiple logistic Regression. 4) Importance of specific Coping strategies according to a Likert scale and percentage of patients who would like to have information in order to cope with preoperative anxiety. 5) Percentage of patients who wish to decide by themselves if anxiolytic premedication should be administered. Time that is considered optimal by patient when to be given the anxiolytic premedication.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactDirk Rüsch

UKGM - Standort Marburg

ruesch@med.uni-marburg.de+ 49 6421 5865981

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 27, 2026