Patient's anxiety and fear of anesthesia: Effect of gender, age, education, and previous experience of anesthesia. A survey of 400 patients

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-108

  Mavridou, Paraskevi ^a   Dimitriou, Varvara ^a   Manataki, Adamantia ^a   Arnaoutoglou, Elena ^b   Papadopoulos, Georgios ^b  

^a G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Patient fear; Preoperative anxiety; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874107013     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-012-1460-0     Document Type: Review

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