Understanding preoperative anxiety in patients before elective surgical intervention

Background: Understanding the preoperative fears and anxieties in patients who are planned for surgical procedure is of paramount importance. Objective: To know the preoperative levels of anxiety in patients who received versus who did not receive The World Health Organization (WHO) tool before unde...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of academic medicine 2018-01, Vol.4 (1), p.56-59
Hauptverfasser:	Ramamohan, Desu, Indira, S, Sateesh, Sreeram, Kumar, S, Bhandarkar, Prashant, Sahana Bhat, N, Gorantla, Radhika, Jahnavi, M, Cherian, Meena, Agrawal, Amit
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	Background: Understanding the preoperative fears and anxieties in patients who are planned for surgical procedure is of paramount importance. Objective: To know the preoperative levels of anxiety in patients who received versus who did not receive The World Health Organization (WHO) tool before undergoing elective surgical intervention. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted in the departments of surgical disciplines of Narayana Medical College and Hospital, Nellore. For the project, a total of 100 (50 in each group) adult patients (>18 years and
ISSN:	2455-5568 2455-5568
DOI:	10.4103/IJAM.IJAM_58_17