Becker's Healthcare January 8, 2025
A Medscape report released Jan. 8 indicated that personalized interventions may “significantly” reduce preoperative anxiety in patients.
Here are seven things to know from the report:
1. Researchers conducted the study from March 2021 to January 2023 at Marburg (Germany) University Hospital, focusing on reducing preoperative anxiety.
2. A total of 122 adults were evaluated in the study, all of whom were awaiting elective surgery under general anesthesia with procedures taking place the day after enrollment in the study.
3. In the intervention group, who received a personalized and information-based anxiety intervention, 83.1%...