… of preoperative anxiety to range from 11% to 80% in adult patients[ 9 ] … in patients’ anxiety
levels at various time points before surgery and determine the correlating factors in our patients…

… of anxiety before and after surgery was examined using the StateTrait Anxiety Inventory in 4
studies involving 136 surgical patients… The results suggested that high levels of anxiety were …

… and the need for information-while its subscale allows the healthcare professional to identify
whether the patient's anxiety is related to anaesthesia, surgery or the need for information. …

… patients having surgical procedures, produces anxiety because of fear of the unknown. …
anxiety on the course and outcomes of surgical procedures and the possible benefits of anxiety-…

… • A considerable number of patients are very anxious prior to elective surgery and little …
to assess the present level of knowledge and interventions concerning patient anxiety when …

… Generally patients undergoing surgery experience anxiety before surgery. The result of
this study showed that the prevalence of high anxiety in surgical patients preoperatively was …

… of preoperative anxiety in Sri Lankan surgical patients, the factors contributing to their …
measuring anxiety, 23 was used in this study to assess anxiety levels for various anxiety causing …

… anxiety in patients scheduled for cardiac surgery, identify any influencing clinical factors, and
assess the relationship between anxiety … anxiety in patients scheduled for cardiac surgery …

… We sought to compare self-assessments of preoperative anxiety levels and selection of
worst fears by surgical patients with the assessments made by the anesthesia and surgery …

… The magnitude of preoperative anxiety among adult surgical patients in the … was to assess
the prevalence of preoperative anxiety and associated factors among adult surgical patients in …