ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022
The overlooked problem among surgical patients: Preoperative anxiety at Ethiopian University Hospital.
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- Evaluation of preoperative anxiety and anesthesia-related fears in a comprehensive hospital in Ethiopia.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Assessment of perioperative anxiety levels at three time-points during hospital stay in patients undergoing elective surgery.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Preoperative Anxiety and Associated Factors Among Surgical Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Ethiopia.Health services insights · 2025Review
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- Correlation between pre-anesthesia anxiety and emergence agitation in non-small cell lung cancer surgery patients.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Preoperative Anxiety Impact on Anesthetic and Analgesic Use.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Patient-reported perioperative anaesthesia-related anxiety is associated with impaired patient satisfaction: a secondary analysis from a prospective observational study in Switzerland.Scientific reports · 2023Observational
- Relationship between Psychological Distress and Demographic Characteristics among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Qualitative analysis of parturients' experience of spinal anesthesia and postoperative complaints.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
- Incidence and risk factors of preoperative anxiety among surgical patients in King Abdulaziz University Hospital.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
Introduction: Anxiety was repeatedly reported as the worst aspect of the perioperative time. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of preoperative anxiety among adult surgical patients at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (UoGCSH), Northwest Ethiopia. Methodology: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among surgical patients at the university hospital. After obtaining ethical approval, 407 surgical patients were approached during the preoperative period. Preoperative anxiety was assessed by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The association between variables was determined by using binary logistic regression analysis. Strength of association was described in adjusted odds ratio (AOR), and a Results: A total of 400 patients were included in this study with a 98.3% response rate. Preoperative anxiety was observed among 237 (59.3%) patients, and the median (IQR) STAI score was 50 (40-56.7); age, ≥ 60 years (AOR: 5.7, CI: 1.6-20.4, Conclusion: The prevalence of preoperative anxiety among surgical patients was high. Older age (≥ 60 years), emergency surgery, preoperative pain, and rural residency were found significantly associated with preoperative anxiety. Assessment for preoperative anxiety should be a routine component of preoperative assessment of both elective and emergency surgical patients. Preoperative pain should be appropriately managed as it can help to reduce preoperative anxiety. Optimal anxiety reduction methods should be investigated and implemented in the hospital.
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