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Predictors of preoperative anxiety among surgical patients in Jimma University Specialized Teaching Hospital, South Western Ethiopia

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Title
Predictors of preoperative anxiety among surgical patients in Jimma University Specialized Teaching Hospital, South Western Ethiopia
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BMC Surgery, September 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2482-14-67
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Authors

Seifu Nigussie, Tefera Belachew, Wadu Wolancho

Abstract

Hospitalization and surgery are critical negative life events that lead to the experience of considerable anxiety in patients. Patients may perceive the day of surgery as the biggest and the most threatening day in their lives. There is paucity of information on predictors of anxiety in the current study area. The main objective of this study is to assess predictors of preoperative anxiety among patients scheduled for surgery in Jimma University Specialized Teaching Hospital.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 <1%
Cameroon 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 367 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 54 15%
Student > Master 44 12%
Student > Postgraduate 34 9%
Researcher 19 5%
Other 16 4%
Other 57 15%
Unknown 148 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 89 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 84 23%
Psychology 10 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 2%
Social Sciences 5 1%
Other 24 6%
Unknown 154 41%