The Impact of Preoperative Patient Anxiety on Postoperative Anxiety and Quality of Recovery After Orthopaedic Surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients who experience preoperative anxiety also experience anxiety in PACU. The quality of recovery 3 days after surgery is also affected by preoperative anxiety. Patients experience continued anxiety as well as sadness and depression. PMID: 32147278 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32147278?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing - March 4, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Andersson V, Bergstrand J, Engström Å, Gustafsson S Tags: J Perianesth Nurs Source Type: research