Open AccessEffects of Preoperative Anxiety on Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Elective Orthopedic Surgery: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Aolin Ren,
Na Zhang,
Hongliang Zhu,
Kang Zhou,
Yuan Cao,
Jindong Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s300639
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , anxiety , orthopedic surgery , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , hospital anxiety and depression scale , cohort study , confidence interval , cohort , arthroplasty , preoperative care , surgery , physical therapy , psychiatry
Postoperative delirium (POD) is common and has negative effects on elderly patients. There is a critical need to identify patients at high risk of POD so that providers can better offer targeted interventions in the preoperative and intraoperative periods. We aimed to characterize the prevalence of preoperative anxiety and investigate whether preoperative anxiety predicted the onset of POD in elderly patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery.