Tahira Hakim Shah, Syed Hassan Shah, Ahmad Jawad Mufti, Nighat Aziz, Hina Syed, Hira Sami.
Comparison between pre-operative and post-operative anxiety in patients undergoing general anesthesia.
J Med Sci Jan ;21(1):8-10.

Objective: To compare the pre and post-operative anxiety and tension in patients awaiting elective cholecystecomies under general anesthesia. Material and Methods: This study was a prospective study, carried out by a team of anesthetists at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar from March 2011 to December 2011 with assistance from a psychologist. In this study 44 female patients were involved. Institute of Personality and Ability Testing (IPAT) anxiety scale was used for this purpose (the self analysis form, Scheier and cattel, 1976). Result: According to the results the anxiety and tensions were relatively more in the post-operative state than the pre-operative period. Conclusion: Contrary to the normal belief that pre-operative anxiety is more than post-operative anxiety there was an increase in anxiety level after the surgical phase. Hence a pre-operative assessment and counseling of the patient must be undertaken.

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