Preoperative communication with anesthetists via anesthesia service platform (ASP) helps alleviate patients’ preoperative anxiety

Hypnosis reduces preoperative anxiety in adult patients.

In this study we examined the effect of hypnosis on preoperative anxiety. Subjects were randomized into 3 groups, a hypnosis group (n = 26) who received suggestions of well-being; an attention-control group (n = 26) who received attentive listening and support without any specific hypnotic suggestions and a "standard of care" control group (n = 24). Anxiety was measured pre- and postinterventio...

Preoperative uncertainty and anxiety among Chinese patients with gynecologic cancer.

Preoperative Anxiety in Pediatric Age Group- A Brief Communication

Preoperative anxiety (PA) in children is a large problem in anaesthesia and critical care. Most of the time only the tip of the iceberg is managed by anesthetist due to low expression by children and lack of any established method of assessment. Parents also cannot fully judge the anxiety of children and report to the doctor. On the other hand parents, too, develop anxiety before the surgery, w...

Music interventions for preoperative anxiety.

BACKGROUND Patients awaiting surgical procedures often experience significant anxiety. Such anxiety may result in negative physiological manifestations, slower wound healing, increased risk of infection, and may complicate the induction of anaesthesia and impede postoperative recovery. To reduce patient anxiety, sedatives and anti-anxiety drugs are regularly administered before surgery. However...

Preoperative anxiety before elective surgery.

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the preoperative anxiety level and different factors responsible in patients admitted for an elective surgical procedure in a tertiary care public hospital. METHODS Anxiety levels were measured in admitted patients of the Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan awaiting elective surgery from October to January 2006. In the afternoon preceding surgery, patients were asked to c...