Trial reportPatient education and counseling2003
The impact of preoperative information on state anxiety, postoperative pain and satisfaction with pain management.
Trial report in Patient education and counseling, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 79 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
79 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pathway for enhanced recovery after spinal surgery-a systematic review of evidence for use of individual components.BMC anesthesiology · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of eHealth Tools for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Preoperative education for hip or knee replacement.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- [Organization of pediatric pain management: Austrian interdisciplinary recommendations for pediatric perioperative pain management].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2014Guideline
- Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Patient Education for Preoperative Anxiety in Pediatrics: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR perioperative medicine · 2025Trial
- Preoperative education with image illustrations enhances the effect of tetracaine mucilage in alleviating postoperative catheter-related bladder discomfort: a prospective, randomized, controlled study.BMC anesthesiology · 2018Trial
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- Increased preoperative knowledge reduces surgery-related anxiety: a randomised clinical trial in 100 spinal stenosis patients.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2017Trial
- Preoperative education in cholecystectomy in the context of a multimodal protocol of perioperative care: a randomized, controlled trial.World journal of surgery · 2014Trial
- [Impact of preoperative patient education on postoperative pain in consideration of the individual coping style].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2010Trial
- 2025 Chinese clinical practice consensus and guideline on chronic lateral ankle instability.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Impacts of opioid use, postoperative pain, pain interference, and side effects on postoperative psychological distress: a retrospective study of the PAIN OUT registry in seven Asian regions.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2026Article
- Challenges of Care Transition From Hospital to Home for Older Colorectal Surgery Patients: Surgeons' Perspectives.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2026Article
- Preoperative education for reducing patient anxiety in elective hip and knee arthroplasty - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Review
- Interventions to decrease pain and anxiety in patients undergoing urodynamic study: Is there any clear evidence? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Arab journal of urology · 2026Review
- Predictors of Patient-Reported Receipt of Preoperative Education in an Enhanced Recovery Program.The Journal of surgical research · 2025Article
- Satisfaction with Breasts following Autologous Reconstruction: Assessing Associated Factors and the Impact of Revisions.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2025Article
- Impact of structured checklist-based preoperative counseling versus standard counseling on postoperative patient-reported outcomes after elective surgery.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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Abstract
The primary objective of this study was to test whether specific information given prior to surgery can help patients obtain better pain relief after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Secondary objectives were to study the impact of preoperative information on state and trait anxiety, satisfaction with pain management and satisfaction with nursing care. The study was an intervention study with two groups of equal size (n=30). The intervention group was given specific information while the control group received routine information. Pain assessments were made preoperatively and every 3h for the first three postoperative days, using the visual analogue scale (VAS). The results of this study suggest that information does influence the experience of pain after surgery and related psychological factors. The postoperative pain declined more rapidly for patients in the treatment group, the degree of preoperative state anxiety was lower and they were more satisfied with the postoperative pain management.
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