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To investigate surgical patients' preoperative attitudes toward regional anaesthesia and determine the psychological and clinical factors that influence their consent or refusal.

August 1, 1994Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Psychological factors influencing the surgical patients' consent to regional anaesthesia

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MPMetaxia PapanikolaouHospital of St. Francis Xavier AVArgyro VoulgariNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens LLLefteris LykourasUniversity General Hospital Attikon

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Observational study demonstrates that personality traits and age influence consent to regional anaesthesia in elective surgery patients, highlighting the psychological drivers of clinical choices.

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To investigate surgical patients' preoperative attitudes toward regional anaesthesia and determine the psychological and clinical factors that influence their consent or refusal.
Evaluated 162 patients scheduled for elective surgery via preoperative, semi-structured interviews conducted by an anaesthesiologist on the day prior to surgery.
Administered psychometric instruments including the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Zung Self-rating Anxiety and Depression Scales, Schalling-Sifneos Personality Scale, and Holmes and Rahe Life Events Inventory.
Overall, 71 of 162 patients (44%) consented to regional anaesthesia.
Consent to regional anaesthesia was positively associated with older age, longer duration of illness, higher extroversion, and lower neuroticism scores on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire.
Patients who refused consent asked significantly more questions and expressed more fears regarding anaesthesia.

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Papanikolaou et al. (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86ed363a1d8ec5fdd3cc58 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.1994.tb03960.x

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Observational study demonstrates that personality traits and age influence consent to regional anaesthesia in elective surgery patients, highlighting the psychological drivers of clinical choices.

Psychological factors influencing the surgical patients' consent to regional anaesthesia

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