Key result
Showing the operating room before surgery reduces day-of-surgery anxiety scores ~13% in hypertensive patients.
Why the study?
Anxiety increases blood pressure and affects postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertension, but interventions to reduce preoperative anxiety are needed.
Does showing the operating room reduce preoperative anxiety and improve hemodynamics in patients with hypertension undergoing cholecystectomy?
Population
90 patients with hypertension undergoing cholecystectomy
Comparison
Shown the operating room the day before surgery vs not shown
Design
Randomized controlled trial with sealed-envelope randomization
Follow-up
Day of surgery
Authors
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Preoperative OR tours reduce anxiety in hypertensive surgical patients; extends RCT support for nonpharmacologic anxiolysis before elective surgery.
RCT (n=90)
sealed-envelope system
Does showing the operating room reduce preoperative anxiety and improve hemodynamics in patients with hypertension undergoing cholecystectomy?
Absolute Event Rate: 43.2% vs 49.8%
p-value: p=.001
Showing the operating room to hypertensive patients before surgery significantly reduces preoperative anxiety and improves perioperative hemodynamics.
Yüzkat et al. (2020) conducted an RCT in hypertension (n=90). Showing the operating room the day before surgery vs. Not shown the operating room was evaluated on State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores measured on the day of surgery (p=.001). Showing the operating room to patients with hypertension before surgery significantly reduced State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores on the day of surgery (43.2 vs 49.8; p=0.001).
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