Evaluation of preoperative anxiety and fear of anesthesia using Apais score

Completed

• Conditions: Preoperative anxiety and patients' fear of anesthesia; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN43960422
• Lead Sponsor: Ahi Evran University Medical Faculty

Brief Summary

2018 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30205837

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2017-07-20
• Study Start: 2018-02-19
• Last Update Posted: 24 September 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

1. ASA I-III
2. Adult patients who are scheduled to undergo elective surgery in our hospital
3. Adequate language skills for the interview were included in our study
4. 18-95 (all adults)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pediatric patients
2. Patients who did not give consent
3. Patients with mental retardation
4. Alzheimer's disease
5. Dementia or psychiatric disorders
6. Emergency and ASA-IV patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Demographics is measured using the patient notes at the preoperative anesthesia visit<br>2. Type of anaesthesia patient notes is measured using at the preoperative anesthesia visit<br>3. Prior experience with anaesthesia patient interviews is measured using at the preoperative anesthesia visit<br>4. Anxiety regarding anaesthesia is measured using APAIS (Amsterdam preoperative anxiety and information scale) at the preoperative anesthesia visit.<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
There are no secondary outcome measures.