Preoperative Anxiety Evaluation: a New Visual Smileys Scale

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02667847

Enrollment

200

Registered

2016-01-29

Start date

2012-12-31

Completion date

2014-02-28

Last updated

2016-02-03

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Conditions

Anxiety, Preoperative

Keywords

preoperative anxiety assessment, levels of preoperative anxiety using two different scales

Brief summary

Preoperative anxiety is a complex clinical concept with both physiological and psychological consequences.

Detailed description

This study looks at the need for a more user friendly, rapid tool for measuring preoperative anxiety, specifically by evaluating the visual smileys scale.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 18 to 80 years old * undergoing surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Exclusion criteria

* did not receive sedative or narcotic prior to the interview

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anxiety level, as measured by verbal rating scale or visual smileys scale	up to 5 minutes	in preoperative setting

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
scale preference	up to 5 minutes	in preoperative setting, comparing verbal rating scale and visual smileys scale

Countries

United States

Outcome results