BackgroundAnxiety is common in surgical patients during the preoperative period. High levels of preoperative anxiety have unfavorable effects on induction and maintenance of anaesthesia as well as on the recovery from anaesthesia and surgery. The incidence of preoperative anxiety for surgical patients in the Niger Delta region is not known, ObjectiveTo determine the factors responsible for preo...

Anxiety sensitivity, a fear of anxiety-related symptoms, has been associated with a heightened experience of pain, especially within women. The majority of experimental studies investigating this association have relied heavily on the cold pressor technique as a means of pain induction, limiting the generalisability of results. The aim of the current study was to extend previous research by usi...

This study examined the impact of three clinical psychological variables (non-pathological levels of depression and anxiety, as well as experimentally manipulated mood) on fat and taste perception in healthy subjects. After a baseline orosensory evaluation, 'sad', 'happy' and 'neutral' video clips were presented to induce corresponding moods in eighty participants. Following mood manipulation, ...

OBJECTIVES To determine how effective hydroxyzine is compared with a placebo in providing pre-operative anxiolysis in our hospital population, and to assess the anxiolytic effect of our pre-operative visit. DESIGN Double-blind, randomised, prospective, controlled trial. Anxiety levels assessed with visual analogue scales (VAS), by patient and investigator. Haemodynamic parameters measured: he...

This review summarizes the use of hypnotic inductions while the subject is physically active, open-eyed and focused on the external environment. Research cited from several sources documents that traditional and alert inductions produce similar hypnotic susceptibility scores, but after an alert induction, subjects may report feeling more alert and in control. A case is reported of a client who ...

BACKGROUND The parents of the children who undergo surgery experience stress during the pre-anesthetic period. Such stress influences the mental status of their children, thereby inducing their pre-anesthetic anxiety and problematic behavior at emergence. Recently, measurement of salivary biomarkers was evaluated as stress biomarkers. Especially, alpha-amylase is utilized as an excellent index ...

Purpose: Anxiety is an important issue to deal with in patients scheduled for surgery. This study was directed to evaluate the effect of time that pass from the entrance of patients to the theater till induction of anaesthesia. Patients and methods: This study was conducted on fifty adult female patients ASA 1 scheduled for major abdominal surgery. Twenty five patients were placed first on the ...

Abstract Background Attentional biases are assumed to be a core feature in the etiology and maintenance of clinical anxiety. The present study focuses on initial attention threat, one three attentional components investigated least, particularly child Methods Angry neutral facial expressions were presented free-viewing task, while eye-movements recorded. Participants N = 96 school-aged children...

  Background: Toll- like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the recognition of DAMPs and PAMPs and induction ofinflammation. Previous studies demonstrated that depression and anxiety can influence the expression levels of immune related molecules. Our previous study revealed that mRNA levels of IRAK4, TRAF3 and IRF7 were significantly decreased in chronic HBV infected (CHB) patients whe...