Open AccessRole of pre-operative multimedia video information in allaying anxiety related to spinal anaesthesia: A randomised controlled trial
Author(s) -
Raylene Dias,
Lipika Baliarsing,
Neeraj Kumar Barnwal,
Shweta Sarjerao Mogal,
Pinakin Gujjar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.193681
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal anesthesia , anxiety , anesthesia , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , surgery , psychiatry
A high incidence of anxiety has been reported in patients in the operation theatre set up. We developed a short visual clip of 206 s duration depicting the procedure of spinal anaesthesia (SAB) and aimed to compare the effect of this video on perioperative anxiety in patients undergoing procedures under SAB.