OBJECTIVES: Preoperative anxiety has a significant effect on the outcome of anesthesia
and surgery. At present, there is no published data on the preoperative anxiety levels in Sri …

Objective The main objective of this study was a detailed comparison of the level of anxiety
about surgery and anesthesia. Other objectives included the assessment of the prevalence …

Background Preoperative anxiety is a common and poorly evaluated condition in patients
who will undergo an anesthetic and surgical intervention. The objective of this study was to …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the changes in anxiety level and need for information at
three different time points before surgery. DESIGN: Prospective observational study …

Background: Anxiety is an unpleasant emotional experience that involves feelings of
tension, apprehension, nervousness and high autonomic activity. Few studies have been …

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare Anxiety Specific to Surgery Questionnaire
(ASSQ) with Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Amsterdam Preoperative …

Aims: This study was conducted to determine the changes in anxiety level and need for
information about the anesthetic and the surgical procedures at three different time points …

Introduction: Although patients undergoing elective surgery are assumed to have a lower
level of preoperative anxiety, studies reported a high level of anxiety among those patients …

Purpose: To compare three anxiety scales; the anxiety visual analogue scale (VAS), the
anxiety component of the Amsterdam preoperative anxiety and information scale (APAIS) …

OBJECTIVE: To measure the frequency of preoperative anxiety in patients coming to our
hospital and to correlate Visual analogue scale (VAS) with State Trait Anxiety Inventory …