Anesthesia Awareness, Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
Anesthesia-naïve, Anxiety
Brief summary
The goal of this observational study is to understand how fear and anxiety felt by anesthesia-naive patients compares before versus after their scheduled surgery. Patients who are scheduled to undergo a low-risk surgery/procedure and have never had anesthesia before will be asked to: 1. Fill out a survey before their surgery in the perioperative setting 2. Answer follow-up questions over the phone a few days after their surgery.
Detailed description
Patients that fit the inclusion/exclusion criteria and consent to the study will fill out a paper survey that is an adapted version of the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) along with additional questions related to anesthesia anxiety for secondary analysis. 7 days (+/-72 hours) after the patient's surgery, they will complete a follow-up survey over the phone that is an adapted version of the APAIS. Results will be recorded on paper and then uploaded into REDCap for data analysis.
Interventions
OTHERSurvey using a questionnaire.
A preoperative and postoperative survey questionnaire that is adapted from the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale and includes additional questions regarding their anesthesia and operative care.
Sponsors
Stony Brook University
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years old or over * Patients scheduled to undergo surgeries such as but not limited to: cholecystectomies, appendectomies, hernia repairs, breast surgeries, plastic surgeries, thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, lithotripsy, stent placement, kidney stone surgeries, cystoscopies, bladder tumors, ovarian cystectomies, hysterectomies, tubal ligation, hysteroscopy, Intrauterine Device (IUD) insertion, knee replacement, hip replacement, fracture pinning, sports injury surgery such as knee and shoulder scopes. OR patients undergoing procedures such as but not limited to: colonoscopies and endoscopies * Patient undergoing anesthesia for the first time * Patients who are not pregnant by self report
Exclusion criteria
* Patients under 18 * Patients who are pregnant * Patients undergoing high-risk surgeries * Patients undergoing cancer-related procedures * Non-English speaking patients * Patients that experience mental status change postoperatively as determined by the medical teams caring for the patient * Patients with an existing anxiety disorder, or psychiatric diagnoses * Patients on benzodiazepines, antidepressants, chronic opioids
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Differences in anxiety scale scores pre- and post-operatively in anesthesia-naïve patients | From enrollment until 7 days (+/-72 hours) post-operative | Participants will be given 2 scores based on their pre-operative survey and their post-operative survey. The change in anxiety score will be evaluated. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Determining if there is an association between a pre-operative desire for information related to anesthesia and the post-operative reality of the individual subject's anesthesia experience. | From enrollment until 7 days (+/-71 hours) post-operative | This data will be collected from the pre-operative and post-operative survey questionnaires and evaluated for correlation. |
| Comparing the frequency of specific fears of events pre-operatively versus the post-operative reality of the individual subject's anesthesia experience. | From enrollment until 7 days (+/-71 hours) post-operative | This data will be collected from the pre-operative and post-operative survey questionnaires and will be evaluated. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTAnna Suske
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAna Costa, MD
Stony Brook University
Outcome results
None listed