Preoperative anxiety: Assessment of the effectiveness of an individualized intervention to reduce preoperative anxiety and determination of the minimal clinically relevant difference in intensities of preoperative anxiety on a measuring scale for intensity of anxiety in combination with the investigation of the moderating effect of patient variables on the effect of the individualized intervention to reduce anxiety, the identification of risk factors and specific fears of preoperative anxiety including the anxiety related to surgery and anesthesia and the examination of the course of the anxiety level.
- Conditions
- F41.9Anxiety disorder, unspecifiedPREOPERATIVE ANXIETY
- Registration Number
- DRKS00024416
- Lead Sponsor
- KGM Standort Marburg Klinik für Anästhesie und Intensivtherapie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 122
Adult patients who undergo elective surgery under general anesthesia or a combination of general and regional anesthesia
Additionallyf for questions 1 to 4: Patients who are not operated on on the day of the preanesthetic and preoperative assessment, who are admitted to hospital no later than the day before the operation, aqd who report the need for information-based support due to preoperative anxiety.
- Patients who do not have sufficient knowledge of the German language to be able to complete the questionnaire.
- Patients who are unable to process the questionnaire or give their informed consent due to a mental illness.
- Restrictions in hearing or eyesight that prevent the viewing of an information film and listening to explanations doctors may give inreply to questions patients might have.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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