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Anxiety in surgical patients
Abstract
SYNOPSIS: The natural course of anxiety before and after surgery was examined using the State– Trait Anxiety Inventory in 4 studies involving 136 surgical patients. The results suggested that high levels of anxiety were experienced before admission to hospital, between admission and surgery and following surgery, and were not restricted to the immediate pre-operative period. Only a small percentage of patients reached their maximum level of anxiety on the morning of surgery. These results have implications for those planning interventions to alleviate anxiety associated with surgery and for those studying surgical stress as a model for other naturally occurring stresses.
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The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)
Moerman, N., van Dam, F. S. A. M., Muller, M. J., & Oosting, H. (1996) · Anesthesia & Analgesia · doi:10.1097/00000539-199603000-00002 · Cited by 632
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Powell, R., Scott, N. W., Manyande, A., Bruce, J., Vögele, C., Byrne-Davis, L. M., Unsworth, M., Osmer, C., & Johnston, M. (2016) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd008646.pub2 · Cited by 369
Self-citationValidation of the surgical fear questionnaire in adult patients waiting for elective surgery
Theunissen, M., Peters, M. L., Schouten, E. G. W., Fiddelers, A. A. A., Willemsen, M. G. A., Pinto, P. R., Gramke, H.-F., & Marcus, M. A. E. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100225 · Cited by 176
Metadata
- Authors
- Johnston, M.
- Venue
- Psychological Medicine
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1980-02
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 145-152
- ISSN
- 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8978
- OpenAlex
- W2108852242
- Cited by
- 272
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 3.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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