BATHE Method on Preoperative Anxiety, Patient Satisfaction and Individual Anesthesia Concerns

The Effect of BATHE Method on Preoperative Anxiety, Patient Satisfaction and Individual Anesthesia Concerns in Adults in Anesthesia Polyclinics

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04386486

Acronym

BATHE Method

Enrollment

500

Registered

2020-05-13

Start date

2017-12-13

Completion date

2019-02-10

Last updated

2020-05-13

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Conditions

Anesthesia; Reaction, Anxiety Preoperative, Patient Satisfaction

Keywords

preoperative anxiety, anesthesia anxiety, BATHE method, APAIS, patient satisfaction

Brief summary

Detailed description

In this study the goal is to determine the causes of concern among the patients who will undergo surgical operations and receive general anesthesia, to gauge their preoperative anxiety levels and to study the effects of the BATHE method on preoperative anxiety and patient satisfaction. 500 patients who were planned to undergo elective surgery and under general anesthesia as anesthesia method were included in the study. Demographic data of patients, their three biggest fears of anesthesia and APAIS scores were recorded. The patients were divided into two groups, they underwent BATHE anamnesis or standard anamnesis methods according to their groups, then their APAIS and patient satisfaction scores were recorded.

Interventions

OTHERBathe anamnesis method

BATHE anamnesis (BA) is applied to first group and preoperative examinations are completed.

OTHERstandart anamnesis

standart anamnesis is applied to second group and preoperative examinations are completed.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SCREENING

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

A) ASA I-II patients

Exclusion criteria

A) ASA III-IV B) illiterate patients C) patients with known psychiatric disorders D) patients with chronic sedative E) antipsychotic drug use F) patients with a history of going to psychiatry in the last year G) patients with any cancer diagnosis were not included in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
t-test	0-30 minutes	when measurements taken from two independent groups are compared, the independent T-test was used.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026