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October 25, 2019Journal of Nursing and PracticeOpen Access

Is the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) a Valid Tool in Guiding the Management of Preoperative Anxiety in Adult Patients? A Literature Review

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Why the study?

Is the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) a valid tool in guiding the management of preoperative anxiety in adult patients?

Population

Adult patients undergoing elective surgery

Design

Review

Authors

SSSpanner SarahSLSayer Lynn

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Overview

APAIS supports quick preoperative anxiety screening; leaves open need for prospective validation before routine adoption.

Structured PICO

Is the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) a valid tool in guiding the management of preoperative anxiety in adult patients?

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Population
Adult patients undergoing elective surgery
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Intervention
Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)
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Outcome
Validity of APAISpatient reported

This literature review examines the validity of the APAIS tool for assessing preoperative anxiety and information needs in adult patients.

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Sarah et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fecc75d37378ac1dcf98ahttps://doi.org/10.36959/545/368
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