Preoperative Anxiety Evaluation: a New Visual Smileys Scale

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety, Preoperative

• Registration Number: NCT02667847
• Lead Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Brief Summary

Preoperative anxiety is a complex clinical concept with both physiological and psychological consequences.

Detailed Description

This study looks at the need for a more user friendly, rapid tool for measuring preoperative anxiety, specifically by evaluating the visual smileys scale.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-12
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2014-02
• Study First Submitted: 2015-02-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-28
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-29
• Status Verified: 2016-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2016-02-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 to 80 years old
• undergoing surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Exclusion Criteria

• did not receive sedative or narcotic prior to the interview

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety level, as measured by verbal rating scale or visual smileys scale	up to 5 minutes	in preoperative setting

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
scale preference	up to 5 minutes	in preoperative setting, comparing verbal rating scale and visual smileys scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States