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SynthesisJournal of health psychology2023

Social support and pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing elective surgical procedures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Xiu Ling Florence Kok, J Timothy Newton, Elinor M Jones, Susan J Cunningham

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Synthesis in Journal of health psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiu Ling Florence KokUCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9607-4685
J Timothy NewtonKing's College London, UK.
Elinor M JonesUniversity College London, UK.
Susan J CunninghamUCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK.
Eastman Dental Hospital · GBKing's College London · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pre-operative anxiety may adversely affect post-operative recovery and treatment satisfaction. This systematic review assessed the impact of social support on pre-operative anxiety in elective surgery patients. MEDLINE via Ovid, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science, CINAHL Plus, Emcare and LILACS were searched for publications (1950-2021). Fourteen studies were included for descriptive analysis and five for meta-analysis. The pooled estimate in the meta-analysis was

Indexed as

AnxietyAnxiety DisordersElective Surgical ProceduresHumansSocial Supportanxietysocial networksocial supportsurgerysystematic review

Identifiers

PMID36047037
PMCPMC10026156
OpenAlexW4294126851

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