The Relationship Between Waiting Time Before Surgery and Anxiety and Vital Signs in Patients Candidate for Elective General Laparotomy and Laparoscopy Surgery in Hospitals Affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2019: A Short Report

Reducing patientschr('39') anxiety is one of the medical team’s duties. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between waiting time before surgery and patientschr('39') anxiety.

This descriptive study was conducted in educational and medical centers of Kurdistan in 1398. Spielberger Anxiety Assessment Questionnaire was used to collect data. Independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.

The mean of apparent and hidden anxiety of patients at the time of entering the waiting room was 45.55 (8.35) and 43.97 (8.07), respectively. At the time of departure, it was 47.32 (8.81) and 46.17 (8.84), respectively.Which showed moderate to high anxiety in patients. There was a direct relationship between the waiting time before surgery and the anxiety score (p<0.05).

The results showed the anxiety of all research samples before surgery and there was a significant statistical relationship between the time before surgery and patientschr('39') anxiety.