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Rahimi S, Saiedi J, Abdi K, Gholamveisi B. The Relationship Between Waiting Time Before Surgery and Anxiety and Vital Signs in Patients Candidate for Elective General Laparotomy and Laparoscopy Surgery in Hospitals Affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2019:
A Short Report. JRUMS 2020; 19 (6) :633-640
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Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences,
Abstract: (1784 Views)
Background and Objectives: Reducing patients' anxiety is one of the medical team’s duties. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between waiting time before surgery and patients' anxiety.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in educational and medical centers of Kurdistan in 1398. Spielberger Anxiety Assessment Questionnaire was used to collect data. Independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.
Results: The mean of apparent and hidden anxiety of patients at the time of entering the waiting room was 45.55 (8.35) and 43.97 (8.07), respectively. At the time of departure, it was 47.32 (8.81) and 46.17 (8.84), respectively.Which showed moderate to high anxiety in patients. There was a direct relationship between the waiting time before surgery and the anxiety score (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The results showed the anxiety of all research samples before surgery and there was a significant statistical relationship between the time before surgery and patients' anxiety.
Key words: Surgery, Anxiety, Waiting time, Preoperative Anxiety, Vital signs, sanandaj
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Student Research Committee of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences approved the study (IR.MUK.REC.1397/210).
How to cite this article: Rahimi S, Seidi J, Abdi K, Gholamveisi B. The Relationship Between Waiting Time Before Surgery and Anxiety and Vital Signs in Patients Candidate for Elective General Laparotomy and Laparoscopy Surgery in Hospitals Affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2019: A Short Report. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2020; 19 (6): 649-56. [Farsi]
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in educational and medical centers of Kurdistan in 1398. Spielberger Anxiety Assessment Questionnaire was used to collect data. Independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.
Results: The mean of apparent and hidden anxiety of patients at the time of entering the waiting room was 45.55 (8.35) and 43.97 (8.07), respectively. At the time of departure, it was 47.32 (8.81) and 46.17 (8.84), respectively.Which showed moderate to high anxiety in patients. There was a direct relationship between the waiting time before surgery and the anxiety score (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The results showed the anxiety of all research samples before surgery and there was a significant statistical relationship between the time before surgery and patients' anxiety.
Key words: Surgery, Anxiety, Waiting time, Preoperative Anxiety, Vital signs, sanandaj
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Student Research Committee of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences approved the study (IR.MUK.REC.1397/210).
How to cite this article: Rahimi S, Seidi J, Abdi K, Gholamveisi B. The Relationship Between Waiting Time Before Surgery and Anxiety and Vital Signs in Patients Candidate for Elective General Laparotomy and Laparoscopy Surgery in Hospitals Affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2019: A Short Report. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2020; 19 (6): 649-56. [Farsi]
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Surgery
Received: 2020/02/29 | Accepted: 2020/06/28 | Published: 2020/09/20
Received: 2020/02/29 | Accepted: 2020/06/28 | Published: 2020/09/20
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