ReviewFrontiers in public health2022
Non-pharmacologic Approaches in Preoperative Anxiety, a Comprehensive Review.
Review in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 77 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Music Intervention to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety (Fa-MIPA Study) in Older Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Procedure
Can Preoperative Information Via Virtual Reality Affect Patient's Anxiety? A Randomized Controlled Trial and Patient Interviews
Effects of Mobile-based Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety for Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of the Palming Technique on Preoperative Anxiety and Hemodynamic Responses in Thyroid Surgery
The Effectiveness of Hypnotic Communication in Reducing Emotional Distress and Improving Patient Experience During Elective Coronary Angiography: A Monocentric Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
77 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Effects of Guided Imagery on Women's Health: A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Music intervention as a strategy to reduce preoperative anxiety: an umbrella review.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Pooled it
- Do Extended Reality Interventions Benefit Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Surgical and Interventional Procedures? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions Before Cataract Surgery for Preoperative Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing open · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of music on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain in patients undergoing gynecological surgery: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- A dual-database bibliometric analysis of music-based interventions and pain from 2004 to 2024.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Informational video on preoperative anxiety and postoperative satisfaction prior to elective cesarean delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Association between preoperative anxiety and postoperative delirium in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Music on Pain, Anxiety, and Satisfaction During Intrauterine Device Application: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Research in nursing & health · 2026Trial
- Role of virtual reality exposure before elective day care surgery to reduce patient's distress.Updates in surgery · 2026Trial
- Investigating the effect of psycho-educational intervention on preoperative anxiety in bariatric surgery candidates: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2026Trial
- The effect of information and progressive relaxation exercises before the planned cesarean section on primigravida women's surgical fear, anxiety, pain and postpartum comfort: a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Trial
- Effect of sound therapy on postoperative stress and satisfaction in patients undergoing outpatient surgery: a single-blind randomized trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- Virtual reality for reducing intraoperative anxiety and improving patient satisfaction under regional anesthesia among palestinian patients: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Trial
- Comprehensive and continuous nursing strategies in perioperative management of upper urinary tract stones treated with holmium laser lithotripsy.BMC urology · 2025Trial
- Play dough or balloon blowing? A clinical trial comparing creative interventions for reducing preoperative anxiety in children aged 4-8 years.BMC pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Effect of multimedia education on anxiety and pain in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a Solomon four-group randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Analgesic Efficacy of Thoracoscopic Direct-View Versus Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Multi-Port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Non-Inferiority Study.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Trial
- Effects of computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy on anxiety in patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery: an exploratory fNIRS study of prefrontal hemodynamic functions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Effect of Binaural Beats on Anxiety and Tolerance in Patients Undergoing Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Without Sedation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2024Trial
17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
During the pre-operation period, surgical candidates experience situations that stimulate psychological anxiety leading to stress during and after surgery which is known as preoperative anxiety. This condition can cause psychological and physiological adverse effects on both children and adults. Due to the high prevalence and adverse effects of preoperative anxiety, different treatments have been evaluated including pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches. As pharmacological treatments may cause adverse effects such as breathing problems, drowsiness, interfering with anesthetic drugs, and prolonged recovery, non-pharmacological interventions are becoming more popular. These methods include cognitive-behavioral therapy, music therapy, pre-op preparation video, aromatherapy, hypnosis, guided imagery relaxation therapy, and massage. In this study, the most popular non-pharmacological approaches to preoperative anxiety are reviewed focusing on more recent evidence provided by clinical studies. The reviewed clinical evidence on the mentioned methods shows the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of preoperative anxiety, so they can be used in patients of different ages and types of disease and surgery.
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