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What are the most common factors contributing to pre-operative distress in surgical patients?
What are the most common factors contributing to pre-operative distress in surgical patients?
Waiting for surgery, fasting, and denture removal are significant sources of pre-operative distress for patients.
These factors may heighten pre-operative distress; hypothesis-generating for mitigation trials before practice change.
One hundred and twenty-four patients (76 women and 48 men) were interviewed within the first 36 hours after operation. Fifty per cent of those studied were denture wearers. They were asked to fill in a questionnaire which registered their levels of distress about the various pre-operative preparation procedures. The most common factors contributing to pre-operative distress were waiting for transfer to the operating theatre, the prohibition of fluids and the removal of dentures.
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