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Strategies for Decreasing Patient Anxiety in the Perioperative Setting
Author(s) -
Bailey Laila
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2010.04.017
Subject(s) - perioperative , anxiety , perioperative nursing , psychological intervention , medicine , affect (linguistics) , intensive care medicine , postoperative pain , physical therapy , clinical psychology , anesthesia , psychology , psychiatry , communication
Perioperative patient anxiety is a pervasive problem that can have far‐reaching effects. Among these effects are increased postoperative pain, increased risk for infection, and longer healing times. Many factors affect perioperative patient anxiety, including the need for surgery, perceived loss of control, fear of postoperative pain, and alteration of body image. This systematic review of current literature was undertaken to identify evidence‐based interventions for decreasing patient anxiety in perioperative practice. According to the current research literature, perioperative education and music therapy can be used to successfully reduce surgical patients' anxiety.