Fear Before Bypass: A Cross-Sectional Study of Preoperative Anxiety Among Cabg Patients

Background: Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. There are many surgical regimens to treat such disease but CABG is preferred if angioplasty is failed or the disease effected more than 50% of coronary arteries. Such patients are very anxious regarding CABG due to many factors which can increase the disease process and hospital stay after surgery. They need proper psychological support to reduce their anxiety. Objective: The study was aim to examine Preoperative Anxiety Levels in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, KPK Method: Cross-sectional study design was used to evaluate the level of anxiety among CABG patients. Results: Total of 56 patients were included in the study in which 35 were male while 21 were female. Among all 40 were married, 8 were divorced and 8 were unmarried. Mean age of study participants was 43.88 ±10.92 years. In the final analysis, 39.3% subjects showed sever pre-operative anxiety, 23.2% had moderate anxiety, mild anxiety was noted in 21.4% participants and only 16.1% partaker revealed no anxiety before the procedure. Conclusion: Patients undergoing CABG are mostly anxious about surgery. Proper psychological support should be applied to reduce their preoperative anxiety and to decrease in their hospital stay and post-operative complication.