The Effect of Preoperative Anxiety on Duration and Efficacy of Motor and Sensory Block in Spinal Anesthesia

Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey90 enrolled

Overview

Spinal anaesthesia results in blockade of sympathetic efferent neurones. Patients with higher baseline sympathetic activation have been shown to have more marked hypotension after spinal anaesthesia. Anxiety causes generalized sympathetic activation. It was aimed to find the effect of preoperative anxiety on the duration and efficacy of neuraxial anaesthesia.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Anxiety

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 55 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged between 18 and 55 years. * ASA I-II * BMI 18-25 Exclusion Criteria: * Major surgery

Locations (1)

Yadigar Yılmaz

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire is a direct psychological assessment of preoperative anxiety.

Time frame: 20-30 minutes.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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