Postoperative Consequences of Fear and Anxiety in Open Heart Surgery: A Comparative Analysis of Two Patient Groups

The results indicate neither the timing of surgical treatment decision nor preoperative fear and anxiety are associated with postoperative pain and certain complications. However, a significant relationship was detected between preoperative anxiety and surgical fear. No relationship between the way patients are taken to surgery and levels of anxiety and surgical fear or postoperative complications was found. The literature should be further expanded by conducting different studies on this subject.