Surgery in a child is one of the most important events of its life. Exposure to hospital environment including operating room away from own area of comfort, meeting with new peoples and visualising sick people in agony creates a significant impact on a child’s mind. Any unfavourable experience in this circumstance not only creates a fear towards medical systems for the lifetime but also sometim...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Pain and nausea are often reported during bowel cleansing (BC) for ileocolonoscopy (IC). We aimed to explore putative mechanisms associated with impaired tolerance to BC. METHODS A 1:1 (100 IBD and 100 controls) sex and age matched case-control study was performed. Patients completed the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS-A/HADS-D), visceral sensitivity index (VSI)...

this study aimed at examining the relationship between anxiety of coaches and anxiety of elite wrestlers in kermanshah province. in this correlational survey, the statistical population included elite wrestlers (n=250) in addition to coaches (n=20). 152 subjects  were selected as the sample by krejcie and morgan table. sport competition anxiety test (scat) was used to collect data. the validity...

OBJECTIVES To assess psychometric properties and to develop a shorter version of a new anxiety scale. MATERIALS AND METHODS The 130-item new anxiety scale (NAS-130) was administered to 254 psychiatric outpatients of a general hospital in Lima, Peru. A categorical principal component analysis (CATPCA) was performed with the 130 items and based on these results and the relation of each item wit...

purpose: the aim of this study was to investigate the relations of locus of control, rumination, and worry with depression and anxiety in a sample of depressed and anxious patients. a second purpose of the study was to examine the mediating role of rumination and worry on the relationship between locus of control with depression and anxiety. method: one hundred and twelve patients with major de...

INTRODUCTION To assess anxiety levels in mothers before and after undergoing amniocentesis. The secondary aim was to see how counselling by nurse-counsellors affected maternal anxiety levels. METHODS A prospective study was carried out from February 2000 to August 2000 at the Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore. We used standard statistical analysis and Spielberger's s...

BACKGROUND Preoperative anxiety may lead to peroperative or postoperative problems when not overcome. AIMS The aim of this study was to examine the effect of seeking information and other factors on the anxiety of patients preoperatively. SETTINGS AND DESIGN This study was a prospective, multicentered survey. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients scheduled to undergo surgical procedures under sp...

BACKGROUND Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric illnesses, with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) being one of the most common. Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in GAD patients. While treatment with pregabalin has been found to be associated with significant improvement in GAD-related sleep disturbance across many controlled clinical trials, mediational analysis has s...

This research aims to categorize the mathematics anxiety and adversity quotient in students describe profile of based on quotient. method is qualitative with a case study design. The subjects this were 45 SMPIT Sabilul Huda. data collection instruments used Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS), Adversity Quotient Response Profile (ARP) scale, interview guidelines. Data analysis techniques are r...

menopause is one of the steps in women’s life which is accompanied by reducing physical and psychological abilities. because estrogen and other hormonal influences during menopause affect the brain's regulation of mood, hormonal changes can cause some women to experience anxiety during menopause. anxiety is a psychological state characterized by excessive and persistent worry, tension and ...