Assessment of Psychological Strain and Perioperative Fear in Intravitreal Injections

University Hospital Tuebingen40 enrolled

Overview

1. Intravitreal injection can induce perioperative stress for the patients. 2. Different factors can modulate the pre-operative fear and physiologic reaction.

The aim of the study is to assess the influence of perioperative factors on objective outcome measures, which indicate the physiologic stress reaction.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Age-related Macular Degeneration Stress

Interventions

Preoperative information and perioperative careBEHAVIORAL

Patients receive different information and care in addition to the basic medical consultation.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * First intravitreal injection received ever Exclusion Criteria: * No known affective or mental disorder * Condition does not allow standardized survey

Locations (1)

University Eye Hospital

Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Objective parameters of stress reaction

Time frame: 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

Subjective Response (state-trate anxiety) in respect of coping behaviour

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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