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Preoperative anxiety is a complex clinical concept with both physiological and psychological consequences.
This study looks at the need for a more user friendly, rapid tool for measuring preoperative anxiety, specifically by evaluating the visual smileys scale.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative patients | Preoperative patients were asked to verbally rate their anxiety 1=on a scale from 0-10 and 2=using the new smiley scale |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Anxiety level, as measured by verbal rating scale or visual smileys scale | in preoperative setting | up to 5 minutes |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| scale preference | in preoperative setting, comparing verbal rating scale and visual smileys scale | up to 5 minutes |
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200 patients undergoing surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | California | 90048 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| ID | Term |
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| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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