A high proportion of patients undergoing colorectal surgery experience moderate or higher anxiety prior to surgery, which correlates with postsurgical pain.
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Preoperative anxiety screening may identify colorectal surgery patients at higher pain risk; hypothesis-generating for prospective intervention trials.
To assess prevalence of anxiety 36 consecutive patients undergoing colorectal surgery with general anesthesia were interviewed on the day of surgery and completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Postsurgical ratings of pain and anxiety were obtained within 24 hours after surgery. Analysis indicated that 29 scored moderate or higher on the State Anxiety scale prior to surgery. The correlations for scores on presurgical Trait Anxiety with postsurgical pain and Trait Anxiety scores were significant (p<.01) but not that for pre- and postsurgical State Anxiety
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