Blood Pressure, Heart Rate
Conditions
Keywords
Medical clowns, Cataract surgery, Blood pressure, Heart rate
Brief summary
Cataract surgery is the most prevalent surgical procedure. Since most candidates are elderly patients, hypertension is common among these patients. Preoperative anxiety and tension may cause elevation of patient's heart rate and blood pressure and thus expose them to serious potential complications such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Medical clowns are known to reduce preoperative anxiety of both children and their parents. It is possible therefore that medical clown may have such a beneficial effect also on patients scheduled for cataract surgery under local anesthesia.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients undergoing an elective, ambulatory cataract surgery (phacoemulsification technique) * Surgery planned to be performed under local anesthesia * Age \> 40 years * Patients signed an informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Hypertensive patients who did not take their prescribed medications on the day of surgery * Uncontrolled hypertension during the month preceding the surgery * Patients with systolic and diastolic BP values of \>190 and 100 mmHg respectively, measured 1hr prior to surgery * Patients not suitable for surgery under local anesthesia * Patients in whom the planned phacoemulsification technique was converted to either the ECCE or ICCE technique * Patients in whom an anterior vitrectomy had to be performed during surgery * Patients treated regularly by anti-anxiety or analgetic treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Blood pressure | day of surgery |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| heart rate | day of surgery |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed