The Effect of Preoperative Anxiety on Duration and Efficacy of Motor and Sensory Block in Spinal Anesthesia

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT03958578
• Lead Sponsor: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Brief Summary

Spinal anaesthesia results in blockade of sympathetic efferent neurones. Patients with higher baseline sympathetic activation have been shown to have more marked hypotension after spinal anaesthesia. Anxiety causes generalized sympathetic activation. It was aimed to find the effect of preoperative anxiety on the duration and efficacy of neuraxial anaesthesia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-05-01
• Study First Submitted: 2019-05-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-05-20
• Study First Posted: 2019-05-22
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-01
• Study Completion: 2019-12-01
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-22
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients aged between 18 and 55 years.
• ASA I-II
• BMI 18-25

Exclusion Criteria

• Major surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire	20-30 minutes.	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire is a direct psychological assessment of preoperative anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yadigar Yılmaz; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey