Preoperative anxiety, coping, and intraoperative adjustment: Are there mediating effects of stress-induced analgesia?

Depression and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Herniated Disc Surgery: Relevant but Underresearched – A Systematic Review

“…Although depression and anxiety often accompany musculoskeletal disorders, it seems remarkable that only few studies actually reported prevalence rates of depression and anxiety in disc surgery patients. While several studies were identifi ed that took depression and anxiety into account, these studies only reported mean scores to describe the outcome of disc surgery and therefore had to be excluded [6,7,9,11,13 . The wide range of these prevalence rates is remarkable and is mainly attributable to methodological issues.…”

Psychological preparation for patients undergoing day surgery

“…However, the only suggestion put forward is to provide adequate information. A comprehensive study of surgical in-patients by De Bruin et al (2001) also yielded little specific guidance. "The reduction of patients' subjective distress is surely one important goal that justifies the development and employment of these (psychological) programmes."…”

Social Sharing of Emotion in Anticipation of Cardiac Surgery

“…Based on the limitations reviewed with regard to the study of emotional disclosure and health, the present study had two goals: the first goal was to investigate the effects of quantity and quality of emotional disclosure on psychological distress before cardiac surgery, and addressed the first limitation. Previous studies have systematically linked preoperative distress to postoperative recovery, adaptation and quality of life (Andrew, Baker, Kneebone, & Knight, 2000;Bruin, Schaefer, Krohne, & Dreyer, 2001;Kain, Sevarino, Alexander, Pincus, & Mayes, 2000;van der Zee, Huet, Gallandat, & Evers, 2002). Identifying factors influencing preoperative distress could help us design interventions enhancing patient adjustment before and after surgery.…”