The Effect of Preoperative Anxiety on Duration and Efficacy of Motor and Sensory Block in Spinal Anesthesia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03958578

Enrollment

Registered

2019-05-22

Start date

2019-05-01

Completion date

2019-12-01

Last updated

2021-11-23

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Conditions

Anxiety

Brief summary

Spinal anaesthesia results in blockade of sympathetic efferent neurones. Patients with higher baseline sympathetic activation have been shown to have more marked hypotension after spinal anaesthesia. Anxiety causes generalized sympathetic activation. It was aimed to find the effect of preoperative anxiety on the duration and efficacy of neuraxial anaesthesia.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 55 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients aged between 18 and 55 years. * ASA I-II * BMI 18-25

Exclusion criteria

* Major surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire	20-30 minutes.	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire is a direct psychological assessment of preoperative anxiety.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results