Assessment and Management of Preoperative Anxiety

Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation
Isabel Tulloch, John S Rubin

Abstract

Preoperative anxiety has the potential to alter the dynamics of an elective procedure and has been shown to detrimentally affect patients both cognitively and physiologically. If mismanaged, it can lead to essential procedures being postponed or canceled, delay postoperative recovery, and increase patients' requirements for medical intervention postoperatively. These outcomes have harmful implications both clinically and economically. Our primary objective was to evaluate the levels of anxiety patients experience immediately before elective otorhinolaryngologic procedures. Our secondary outcome was to assess the subjects' views on potential management strategies to tackle their anxiety. This is an observational cross-sectional project evaluating 53 patients who were selected consecutively from a list of elective otorhinolaryngologic procedures. All procedures were to be completed under general anesthetic, and all patients had received the same preoperative assessment preparation. 29 male and 24 female patients were included, aged between 19 and 76 years (mean 45). The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to assess preoperative anxiety directly before the otorhinolaryngologic procedure. The Service Improvement ques...Continue Reading

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