BACKGROUND From our clinical experience, preoperative anxiety are quite common among women who were about to receive uterine dilatation and curettage (D&C). However these conditions have not yet been studied. The authors aimed to examine the prevalence of anxiety as well as the underlying specific concerns among this group of patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD The authors assessed preoperative anx...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A significant number of children undergo surgery experience high levels of anxiety in the presurgical period. The aim of this study is to investigate which intervention is more effective in reducing preoperative anxiety. METHODS/MATERIALS The sample was composed of 75 subjects (aged 5-12 years) who had to undergo minor day surgery. Children were randomly assigned to:...

OBJECTIVE We examined the relation between temperament and preoperative anxiety in 40 children (aged 8-13) who were undergoing elective surgery one week prior to surgery Time 1 (T1) and on the day of surgery Time 2 (T2). METHOD Children's temperamental shyness was examined using the Colorado Childhood Temperament Inventory at T1, and preoperative anxiety was assessed using the Children's Peri...

BACKGROUND Continuous care (one anaesthesiologist per patient) and anaesthesiologist empathy at the preoperative visit could affect patient anxiety and satisfaction. We tested both unproven issues in a population at increased risk of anxiety and dissatisfaction. METHODS In this single-blinded single-centre study, 136 women undergoing gynaecologic day-care surgery were sequentially randomized ...

Background: Surgery is a stressful experience for children, and preoperative anxiety in children could be affected by the level of parental anxiety. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between anxiety in school-age children before surgery and parental state-trait anxiety. Method: This descriptive study was performed on 81 children within the age group of 6-12 years admi...

BACKGROUND To investigate preoperative levels of stress and anxiety in day-care patients and inpatients undergoing surgical interventions. METHODS Before induction of anaesthesia, the degree of stress and anxiety was assessed in 135 patients using stress and anxiety questionnaires, bio-feedback, physiological measures, and serum levels for stress variables. Questionnaire responses and physiol...

UNLABELLED The advent of managed care, reduction of costs, and advances in medical technology place increasing demands on anesthesiologists. Preoperative anxiety may go unnoticed in an environment that stresses increased productivity. The present study compares different methods for measuring preoperative anxiety, identifies certain patient characteristics that predispose to high anxiety, and d...

Background. Preoperative anxiety can lead to unfavorable physiological response such as tachycardia and hypertension. Prevention of preoperative anxiety improves surgical outcome and decreases inpatient stay. Yokukansan is one of prescriptions in Kampo, traditional Japanese herbal medicine, and is known to exert anxiolytic effects. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of diaz...