ArticleTurkish journal of medical sciences2025
Lumbar disk herniation surgeries: the impact of preoperative holding area duration on anxiety and postoperative pain.
Article in Turkish journal of medical sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background/aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate how anxiety levels are affected by preoperative holding area waiting times and how these fears affect pain following surgery. Patients waiting for surgery frequently suffer from preoperative anxiety, which can have an impact on how well they manage their postoperative pain. Materials and methods: Forty-eight individuals with lumbar disc herniation scheduled for surgery participated in the study. Patients' anxiety and pain levels were measured both during and after the preoperative holding area waiting period using the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Additional information was also documented, including waiting times and tramadol usage. Results: The APAIS (postwait) score and preoperative holding area waiting time had a significant correlation (r = 0.669, p < 0.001). Initially, a positive correlation was found between waiting time and postoperative VAS scores (r = 0.309, p = 0.033), as well as between the tramadol dosage used for postoperative pain management and the STAI-S (postwait) and STAI-T scores (STAI-S (postwait): r = 0.286, p = 0.046; STAI-T: r = 0.306, p = 0.035). However, after applying the Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons, these associations no longer remained statistically significant. Conclusion: Patients' anxiety levels rise with longer preoperative holding area waiting times, and this has an impact on their postoperative discomfort. Increased preoperative anxiety is associated with greater postoperative analgesic requirements, whereas reducing preoperative anxiety may enhance patient satisfaction and surgical outcomes. Postoperative pain and recovery may be enhanced by cutting down on waiting periods, educating patients about the surgical procedure, and putting anxiety management strategies into practice.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.