Person-centered Care, Surgical Fear and Worrying
Conditions
Brief summary
Research show that between 48-97% of patients referred to surgery experience anxiety and fear related to the procedure. High levels of anxiety and fear lead to increased use of anesthetics and pain as well as increased morbidity after the surgical procedure. June 6 2024 is the international What matters to you-day and thus we mark this day in several Danish hospitals by asking patients referred to surgery: What matters to you on the day of surgery? This observational study has three goals: 1. To explore what matters to patients on the day of surgery 2. To explore associations between patients' degree-of-worry and their surgical fear on the day of surgery 3. To explore the characteristics and intensity of degree-of-worry From 7.00 AM to 11.00 PM patients will be invited to answer: 1. What matters to them on the day of surgery and why it matters 2. How worried they are about their situation using a scale from 1 to 10, and to state why they worry. 3. Eight questions about their fear related to anesthesia and surgery on a scale from 0-10 In the analysis we will investigate the possible association between patients' degree of worry and fear related to anesthesia and surgery. Secondly, we analyse the prevalence of degree of worry and fear according to gender, age, type of surgery and medical speciality. Finally, we will investigate what themes appear when we analyse the answers to what matters and why patients' worry.
Interventions
PROCEDURESurgical intervention and anesthesia
Any surgical procedure
Sponsors
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
University of Aarhus
Gødstrup Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Danish speaking * 18 years old or above
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who are not cognitively intact * Do not consent to participation * Patients requiring immediate surgical intervention.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Degree of worry | June 2024 | How worried are patients on the day of surgery on a scale from 1-10 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Surgical fear | June 2024 | How fearful are patients based on an 8-item scale with total score ranging from 0-80 |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agreement between degree of worry and surgical fear | 2024 | Measure of agreement using Cohen's kappa |
| What matters to you | 2025 | A thematic analysis of the answers to the question what matters to you |
| Integration of the qualitative and quantitative data | 2025 | Mixed methods analysis |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed