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The Effect Of A Preanaesthesia Clinic Consultation On Adult Patient Anxiety At A Tertiary Hospital In Kenya: A Cohort Study, Anthony Kamau, Vitalis Mung’Ayi, Gerald Yonga
The Effect Of A Preanaesthesia Clinic Consultation On Adult Patient Anxiety At A Tertiary Hospital In Kenya: A Cohort Study, Anthony Kamau, Vitalis Mung’Ayi, Gerald Yonga
Anaesthesiology, East Africa
Background: Preoperative anxiety is a common perioperative complication seen in approximately 11-80% of adults undergoing surgery. One of the goals of the preanaesthesia clinic is to allay anxiety. A preanaesthesia clinic evaluation has been shown to reduce anxiety however current studies on anxiety and the preanaesthesia clinic have not quantified this reduction.
Objective: To determine the reduction in anxiety in patients evaluated in the clinic versus those evaluated in the ward.
Methods: Fifty one adult patients with 28 patients in anaesthesia clinic (AC) group and 23 in the ward (W) group were sequentially recruited from both the surgical, gynaecology and …