Open AccessMagnitude of Preoperative Anxiety and Associated Factors Among Adult Surgical Patients in Debre Berhan Comprehensive Specialized Hospital
Author(s) -
Abayneh Shewangzaw Engda,
Hailu Belay Yigzaw,
Nigus Alemnew Engdaw,
Elyas Admasu Basha,
Ahmed Adem Mohammed,
Abate Dargie Wubetu,
Worku Misganaw Kebede,
Bantalem Tilaye Atinafu,
Fetene Nigussie Tarekegn,
Makda Abate
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s369921
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , perioperative , cross sectional study , pediatrics , psychiatry , anesthesia , pathology
Anxiety is an un-pleasurable emotional state associated with psychophysiological changes in response to an intra-psychic conflict. The perioperative period is one of the worrying events for most surgical patients. Despite preoperative anxiety having many negative consequences on post-operative physical and mental health, no adequate information on the degree to which the preoperative period exposed clients to preoperative anxiety and its associated factors.