INFLUENCING OF PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY ON POSTOPERATIVE RECOVER AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN THAI NGUYEN NATIONAL HOSPITAL

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the influence of preoperative anxiety on postoperative recever among patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery in Thai Nguyen National Hospital. Methods: The cross-sectional study design was applied for this study; simple random sampling technique was used to recruit 82 participants in this study. Results and conclusion: The mean score of preoperative anxiety was 51.9 ± 7.7 in which patients had moderete level were (79.3%), low level were 7.3%, high level were 13.4%. Mean score of pain scale was 5.6 ± 1.1 in which most of patients had moderate level of pain, patients had severe level of pain accounted for 30.5%, mean of length of hospital stay was 10.7 ± 1.8 days. Preoperative aniety could explain 13.3% of variance of postoperative pain and 5.6% the variance of lenth of hospital stay.