Patients' desires for anxiolytic premedication - an observational study in adults undergoing elective surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most patients experiencing preoperative anxiety would welcome support in coping with their anxiety. Anxiolytic medication is a common way to address preoperative anxiety. However, the proportion of patients who welcome anxiolytic medication preoperatively and the preferred time of taking it have not been studied thoroughly.

Methods

Adult patients (n = 1000) scheduled to undergo elective surgery under general anesthesia were eligible to participate in this single-center observational study. Primary outcomes were the ratio of patients desiring anxiolytic medication (no/yes/on request) and the preferred time of taking it (evening before surgery/morning of day of surgery/on call to the operating room). Secondary outcomes included associations between different measure

SUBMITTER: Euteneuer F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8932104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature