Preoperative Anxiety During COVID-19

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Pandemic, COVID-19
• Interventions: Other: mPAS questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT05114967
• Lead Sponsor: University of Thessaly

Brief Summary

The modified Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mPAS) questionnaire as given in the article by Viola et al, will be used after permission from the authors, to investigate the preoperative anxiety of patients undergoing surgery during the 4th wave of the pandemic

Detailed Description

Studies have been conducted on the stress and anxiety induced by the COVID-19 pandemic in both the general population as well as specific groups, such as health care workers, pregnant women and adolescents. Given that anxiety has a strong bearing on the physical, mental and emotional well-being of the patients and their subsequent recovery from surgery and other procedures, we were interested in assessing anxiety among the patients presenting for elective procedures in the post-lockdown phase of the pandemic. The primary objective of the present study was to assess the anxiety levels among the preoperative patients scheduled for surgeries in the 4th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the secondary objective was to assess the factors accentuating the same. The modified Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mPAS) questionnaire as given in the article by Viola et al will be used after permission from the authors.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-09
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-10
• Study Start: 2021-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study Completion: 2022-01-12
• Status Verified: 2022-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 116

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult consecutive patients, >18 years old
• Undergoing surgery in the UHL

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients aged<18 years
• Patients that will refuse to participate
• Patients unable/not fit to consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients undergoing surgery	mPAS questionnaire	Patients undergoing surgery during the 4th wave of the pandemic for 1 month duration in the University Hospital of Larissa

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety level	Before surgery	The anxiety levels among the preoperative patients scheduled for surgeries in the 4th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will be measured

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Factors accentuating the anxiety levels	Before surgery	Factors accentuating the anxiety levels in patients scheduled for surgeries in the 4th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Univeristy of Thessaly; 🇬🇷 Larissa, Thessaly, Greece