Preoperative anxiety and patients' fear of anesthesia Surgery Preoperative anxiety and patients' fear of anesthesia
Conditions
Interventions
Interviews with the patients are performed when they came to anesthesia clinic for preoperative examination, under the supervision of a specialist anesthetist.
For the study, The Amsterdam Preoperat
the anxiety score and the desire for information score. Anxiety score was obtained by calculating the total scores assigned to the expressions " I am worried about the anesthesic", "The anesthesic is
Sponsors
Ahi Evran University Medical Faculty
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. ASA I-III 2. Adult patients who are scheduled to undergo elective surgery in our hospital 3. Adequate language skills for the interview were included in our study 4. 18-95 (all adults)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pediatric patients 2. Patients who did not give consent 3. Patients with mental retardation 4. Alzheimer's disease 5. Dementia or psychiatric disorders 6. Emergency and ASA-IV patients
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Demographics is measured using the patient notes at the preoperative anesthesia visit 2. Type of anaesthesia patient notes is measured using at the preoperative anesthesia visit 3. Prior experience with anaesthesia patient interviews is measured using at the preoperative anesthesia visit 4. Anxiety regarding anaesthesia is measured using APAIS (Amsterdam preoperative anxiety and information scale) at the preoperative anesthesia visit. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| There are no secondary outcome measures. | — |
Countries
Turkey
Outcome results
None listed