. Ali Barkhori; . Hamid Pakmanesh; . Amirreza Sadeghifar; . Ali Hojati; . Morteza Hashemian
Volume 11, Issue 6 , July 2021, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although surgical techniques have been improving, preoperative anxiety is stilla challenge in preoperative care and is known as an expected response experienced by patientswaiting ...
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BACKGROUND: Although surgical techniques have been improving, preoperative anxiety is stilla challenge in preoperative care and is known as an expected response experienced by patientswaiting to undergo surgery. The present study aimed to compare preoperative anxiety levels in threeeducational hospitals in Kerman.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was conducted in three educationalhospitals in Kerman, Iran, from December 2017 to May 2018. The participants were 100 patients fromeach hospital (300 patients in sum) who were selected through the convenience sampling method.Sampling was not restricted to sex and type of surgery. The 40‑item Spielberger State‑Trait AnxietyInventory was administered to the patients to assess the level of preoperative anxiety experiencedby them. Bivariate linear regression models were used to compare the preoperative state anxietylevels based on the patients’ demographic information. A multivariate linear regression model wasused to determine the predictors of preoperative state anxiety.RESULTS: The participants were 149 males and 151 females with a mean age of 36.38 (12.75)years (age range: 12–79 years). Almost two‑third of the patients showed upper‑middle symptomsof state anxiety (n = 197, 65.7%) followed by upper‑middle symptoms of trait anxiety (40% and49.3%, respectively). There was a significant relationship between the patient’s sex and stateanxiety (P = 0.05) and also between trait anxiety and state anxiety (P ≤ 0.001). It was shown thattrain anxiety could predict state anxiety before surgery (B: 0.53, 95% confidence interval: 0.44, 0.62;P ≤ 0.001).CONCLUSION: The results of the present study confirmed the presence of preoperative anxiety ina sample of Iranian patients. Although the anxiety scores were not very high, organizing interventionand training programs to control and reduce preoperative anxiety among patients seems essential.