Anxiety. Generalized anxiety disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: age between 18 -75 years old; the ability to understand the Persian language; lacking a history previous colonoscopy; lack known history of psychological problems or anxiety disorders (According to the survey patient records ); lack of use sleep medications and sedatives on the day before colonoscopy; lack of severe pain due to the nature of the disease (for example cancer); lack of narcotic addiction or strong analgesics and absence of disease or a history of hypertension and antihypertensive drugs. Exclusion criteria: canceled on the day of colonoscopy to determine the cause of non-anxious patients and patient withdrew from participating the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention - a day after the intervention (before the procedure). Method of measurement: Spielberger standard questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Tolerance. Timepoint: After Colonoscopy. Method of measurement: The Likert scale measure.;Satisfaction. Timepoint: After Colonoscopy. Method of measurement: Numerical scale (1 least satisfied - 10 most satisfied).;Comfort. Timepoint: After Colonoscopy. Method of measurement: Comfort numerical scale (1 lowest Comfort, 10 maximum comfort level).;Cooperation rates during colonoscopy. Timepoint: After Colonoscopy. Method of measurement: Numerical scale contribution (1 co lowest, 10 the highest level of cooperation).;Pain. Timepoint: After Colonoscopy. Method of measurement: numeric pain scale (1 least amount of pain, 10 maximum pain). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Shahed University