Ruiz-López E, Muñoz-Cuevas JH, Olivero-Vásquez YI, Islas-Saucillo M

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 231-236
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ABSTRACT

Background. A patient who is going to be in an anesthetic and surgery procedure could generate anxiety. That is why medical and hospital care would be guided to decrease this anxiety; when it is associated with an efficient preanesthetic evaluation, it could implicate a psychological and pharmacologic preparation. Objectives. The objective is to determinate information of Preanesthetic Anxiety’s incidence, the causes and the level in patients whom have been in elective surgery. Material and methods. This descriptive, transversal, prospective and observational study, was evaluated in 500 ASA I-II patients, between 18-65 years old; we made and inquiry trying to get information from Anxiety Visual Scale during preoperatory period, 24 hours before surgery. Results. We observed female predominance in 4th decade of life, with medium socioeconomical status, we found 35% of patients were afraid to hospital environment; 33% to surgery; 45% to anaesthesia. We estimated 47% of patients didn’t meet the surgeon and 45% patients didn’t know anything about the surgery they will be in. Conclusion. The multidisciplinary team, who participates in a Hospital would be responsible to offer enough patient’s information, but preanesthetic evaluation is a fundamental element to decrease Preanesthethic Anxiety’s incidence.

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