Impact of a Personalized Intervention on Preoperative Anxiety and Determination of the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Anxiety Levels: A Randomized Clinical Trial
A personalized and information-based intervention can reduce anesthesia- and surgery-related anxiety to a statistically significant and clinically relevant degree. Future studies should include an active control group to evaluate this intervention's specific effects, which may be helpful only in patients seeking anxiety-reducing interventions.
Authors
- Dirk Rüsch
- Stefan Salzmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9597-0303)
- Markus Spies
- Frank Euteneuer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9346-4346)
- Nikolaus Becker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3230-4223)
- Laura Kikker
- Ellen Tosberg
Institutions
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- University of Erfurt (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg (DE)
- MSB Medical School Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anesthesiology
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000005351
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Music Therapy and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.15