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ArticleCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2000

Anesthetic assessment in an outpatient consultation clinic reduces preoperative anxiety.

C E Klopfenstein, A Forster, E Van Gessel

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Article in Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06742814 (Effects of Stress Ball Use for Patients Undergoing Local Anesthesia in Ambulatory Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Effects of Stress Ball Use for Patients Undergoing Local Anesthesia in Ambulatory Surgery

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Taiwan University HospitalRan2025 to 2025Enrolled74ConditionsAnxietyArmsstress ball
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3 authors.

C E KlopfensteinDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. Claude-Eric.Klopfenstein@hcuge.ch
A Forster
E Van Gessel

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Abstract

purposePreoperative anxiety in relation to anesthesia remains for many patients a major subject of concern. The aim of the present study was to compare the level of preoperative anxiety in patients assessed in an outpatient consultation clinic with the anxiety level of those having been assessed by the anesthesiologist after entering the hospital.

methodWe studied two groups of 20 patients who underwent elective transurethral prostate or bladder resection: group A having the anesthetic assessment between one-two weeks before hospitalisation, group B having this assessment the evening before surgery, after entering the hospital. Two different methods to assess anxiety were used: the Multiple-Affect-Adjective-Check-List (MAACL) and the visual analogue scale of anxiety (VAS).

resultsBoth anxiety provided scores, assessed by two different methods, were lower in group A, than in group B(P<0.01).

conclusionThe results of this study confirm that an anesthetic assessment in an outpatient consultation clinic reduces preoperative anxiety, when compared with an assessment on the evening before surgery.

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AnesthesiaReferral and ConsultationAdultAgedAnxietyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutpatients

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PMID10875713

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