EFFECT OF VIDEO-BASED INFORMATION ON PRE-OPERATIVE STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY SCORES IN ADULT PATIENTS PRESENTING FOR ELECTIVE CAESAREAN SECTIO

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Stat Trait Anxiety Inventory; Caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia; Anaesthesia

• Registration Number: PACTR202012719779261
• Lead Sponsor: Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-11-21
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

•Age 18 years and above

•Elective cesarean section

•Reviewed in clinic

•Has consented to a spinal anesthetic

•Consent given for study participation

Exclusion Criteria

•Previous neuraxial anesthetic

•Patients unable fill the questionnaire including those unable to read and/or write non-English speaking, or with markedly poor eyesight

•Patients with factors that predispose to high anxiety levels including high-risk pregnancies, concurrent uncontrolled thyroid disorder, and history of psychiatric illness

•Use of psychotropic medications that may give erroneous anxiety scores

•Patients premedicated with an anxiolytic prior to filling the questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified