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The Visual Analog Scale Allows Effective Measurement of Preoperative Anxiety and Detection of Patients’ Anesthetic Concerns
Anesthesia & Analgesia · 2000 · Vol. 90(3) · pp. 706–712
Christoph Kindler✉(Kantonsspital Baselland)Christoph Harms✉(Kantonsspital Baselland)Felix Amsler✉(University of Basel)Thomas Ihde-Scholl(University of Wisconsin–Madison)D. Scheidegger✉(Kantonsspital Baselland)
Abstract
The study of qualitative aspects of anxiety reveals three distinct dimensions of preoperative fear: fear of the unknown, fear of feeling ill, and fear for one's life. Groups of patients with a higher degree of preoperative anxiety and their specific anesthetic concerns can be identified using the visual analog scale.
Music Therapy and HealthPerfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety StudiesPediatric Pain Management TechniquesAnxietyVisual analogue scaleMedicineFeelingAnesthesiaState-Trait Anxiety InventoryAnestheticPhysical therapyPsychiatryPsychology
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AdultAgedAnesthesiaAnxietyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychological TestsSurgical Procedures, Operative
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The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)
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