Key result
Preoperative specific anxiety and state anxiety measured one day before surgery significantly predicted the duration of postoperative hospital stay, explaining an additional 6% of the variance beyond biographical and medical variables.
Why the study?
Do preoperative and postoperative anxiety measures predict postoperative pain and duration of hospitalization in patients undergoing cholecystectomy?
Population
111 Dutch-speaking patients awaiting elective cholecystectomy at a university training hospital, mean age…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
until hospital discharge
Authors
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Preoperative anxiety adds little to pain prediction after gallstone surgery; leaves open its role in other populations or outcomes.
Observational (n=111)
No
Do preoperative and postoperative anxiety measures predict postoperative pain and duration of hospitalization in patients undergoing cholecystectomy?
Effect estimate: R2 change 0.06
p-value: p=<0.01
Boeke et al. (1991) conducted an observational in Gallstones (awaiting elective cholecystectomy) (n=111). Preoperative anxiety measures (A-state and specific anxiety) was evaluated on Duration of postoperative hospital stay (R2 change 0.06, p=<0.01). Preoperative specific anxiety and state anxiety measured one day before surgery significantly predicted the duration of postoperative hospital stay, explaining an additional 6% of the variance beyond biographical and medical variables.
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