Validity and time course of surgical fear as measured with the Surgical Fear Questionnaire in patients undergoing cataract surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The primary aim of the study was to assess the convergent validity of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ) with other self-report instruments and biological indices of stress. Secondary aims were the examination of predictors of the level and time course of fear and preferences for fear treatment.

Methods

In a prospective observational cohort study SFQ short-term (SFQ-s) and long-term (SFQ-l) scores were assessed one week, one day, and the morning before cataract surgery, together with salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase (sAA) levels, and numeric rating scale (NRS) fear score. SFQ-scores were also assessed before second eye surgery. Expected pain and recovery, and sociodemographic and medico-psychological predictors of fear were assessed at baseline.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Theunissen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084852 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature