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Investigation The effect of Early communication on patients anxiety before surgery in Alzahra hospital of Isfahan city in 2014

The effect of Early communication on patients anxiety before surgery

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2015073120833N2
Enrollment
86
Registered
2015-09-20
Start date
2014-09-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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

Conditions

pre operation Anxiety. Anxiety disorder unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: Patients in the experimental group after the first introduction to the researcher and informing the main reason for his visit, will talk about medical history, family history, history
Patients in the experimental group after the first introduction to the researcher and informing the main reason for his visit, will talk about medical history, family history, history of hospitalizati
in the control group, researcher will just present in the patients room for 10 minutes.

Sponsors

Research center of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: inclusion criteria: willingness to participate in the study; absence of confronting severe mental anxiety in recent weeks; having Elective surgery with general anesthesia; Aged between 18 to 60 years; Ability to read and write; exclusion criteria: emergent surgery; Visual impairment; any drug substance abuse or being in ASA 3 and above(a measure of anesthesia).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Anxiety. Timepoint: before and immidiately after the intervention. Method of measurement: Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety questionnier.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactLeila Akbari

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery

l_akbari@nm.mui.ac.irs.abbasi@nm.mui.ac.ir+98 31 3792 2960

Outcome results

None listed

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