Wiens A G
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., USA.
AORN J. 1998 Jul;68(1):74-7, 79-81, 83-8. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62716-6.
Preoperative anxiety and fear can have adverse effects on patients' perioperative experiences. This study emerged from a larger study in which the researcher examined the perioperative experiences of women. The purpose of this study was to further investigate and describe the nature of preoperative anxiety in female subjects. This article reviews the literature on this topic, discusses the results, and explores the implications of anxiety and fear on the perioperative experience. The author offers suggestions to improve nurses' assessment of preoperative fear and anxiety and ways to lessen such feelings in patients.
术前焦虑和恐惧会对患者的围手术期体验产生不利影响。本研究源自一项规模更大的研究，在该研究中，研究者考察了女性的围手术期体验。本研究的目的是进一步调查和描述女性受试者术前焦虑的本质。本文回顾了关于这一主题的文献，讨论了研究结果，并探讨了焦虑和恐惧对围手术期体验的影响。作者提出了改进护士对术前恐惧和焦虑评估的建议，以及减轻患者此类情绪的方法。
