ArticleIndustrial psychiatry journal2009
Impact of doctor-patient communication on preoperative anxiety: Study at industrial township, Pimpri, Pune.
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- Psychometric evaluation of Urdu-translated Amsterdam preoperative anxiety and information scale and assessment of preoperative anxiety in adult surgical patients of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
- Non-pharmacologic Approaches in Preoperative Anxiety, a Comprehensive Review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Predictors of preoperative anxiety among surgical patients in Jimma University Specialized Teaching Hospital, South Western Ethiopia.BMC surgery · 2014Article
- Prevalence of preoperative anxiety in patients posted for surgical procedures and its relation to the doses of anesthetic drugs: A cross-sectional study.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
- Assessment of Anxiety in Surgical Patients: An Observational Study.Anesthesia, essays and researchesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAnxiety may not be recognized by physicians though they affect a large number of patients awaiting surgery as reported in some studies. Good doctor-patient communication may have an impact on preoperative anxiety.
aimTo find out the incidence of anxiety in patients awaiting surgery and its association with good doctor-patient communication. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study was undertaken in a medical college hospital situated in an industrial township, for the duration of two months. It was a cross-sectional study. The study included 79 patients admitted to various surgical wards of a teaching hospital. Data was collected on a pretested questionnaire, which included a set of questions on various aspects of doctor-patient communication. The level of anxiety was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Statistical analysis was carried out using the WHO/CDC package EPI INFO 2002. Though preoperative anxiety was collected on an ordinal scale, later during analysis, it was collapsed to give a categorical scale. Aspects of doctor-patient communication associated with preoperative anxiety were explored by Chi square tests.
resultsOut of the total 79 patients, 26.5% reported definite anxiety levels. Good doctor-patient communication was found to be inversely associated with anxiety levels in the preoperative period.
conclusionsPreoperative anxiety is a common phenomenon among indoor surgical patients. A lot can be done to alleviate this anxiety by improving doctor-patient communication.
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