Patients' preferences concerning the desire for support in case of fear of surgery under general and/or regional anesthesia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00032304

Enrollment

1200

Registered

2023-09-04

Start date

2023-09-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

preoperative anxiety

Interventions

Group 1: Adult patients undergoing elective surgery under general and/or regional anaesthesia. Recruitemnt of study participants takes place at the pre-anesthetic evaluation clinic during the waiting

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Language barrier and/or diseases that make it impossible to complete the questionnaire

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of the different support measures and coping strategies of preoperative anxiety as well as the frequency of the superordinate categories of the support measures.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Ranking of the different support measures and coping strategies. 2. Associations between patient variables (e. g. gender, type of surgery, invasiveness of surgery) and frequency of support measures and coping strategies. 3. Association between the type and invasiveness of the operation on the one hand and the frequency and intensity of anxiety as well as the desire for support on the other hand.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Ranking of the different support measures and coping strategies. 2. Associations between patient variables (e. g. gender, type of surgery, invasiveness of surgery) and frequency of support measures and coping strategies. 3. Association between the type and invasiveness of the operation on the one hand and the frequency and intensity of anxiety as well as the desire for support on the other hand.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactDirk Rüsch

Universität Marburg / Universitätsklinik Marburg

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

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026