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July 1, 2021Journal of Education and Health PromotionOpen Access

Preoperative anxiety among Iranian adult patients undergoing elective surgeries in educational hospitals

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Why the study?

Preoperative anxiety remains a challenge in preoperative care, and this study aimed to compare preoperative anxiety levels across three educational hospitals in Kerman.

Population

300 patients awaiting surgery in three educational hospitals in Kerman, Iran

Design

Cross-sectional study

Authors

ABAli BarkhoriHPHamid PakmaneshASAmirreza Sadeghifar

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Overview

Trait anxiety was associated with preoperative state anxiety; hypothesis-generating for screening and requires prospective validation.

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Population
300 adult patients (aged 18 years or older) candidates for elective surgery in three educational hospitals in Kerman, Iran. Mean age 36.38, 49.7% male. Excluded: mental disabilities, anxiety disorder, or use of anxiolytic drugs.
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Outcome
Preoperative state and trait anxiety levels assessed by the 40-item Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) 1 hour before surgerypatient reported

Preoperative anxiety is highly prevalent among Iranian patients awaiting elective surgery, with trait anxiety serving as a strong predictor of preoperative state anxiety.

Limitations

  • Assessing anxiety using a questionnaire does not provide much reliable data because questionnaires are not objective instruments
  • Patients might not respond accurately to the items in the questionnaire
  • Study only focused on the patients' preoperative anxiety

Cite This Study

Barkhori et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a322cda8f44937f24a850bdhttps://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_815_20
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