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- Title
Rejyonal Anestezi Uygulayıcılarında Anksiyete.
- Authors
Saçan, Özlem; Taşpınar, Vildan; Yıldız, Nurcan; Başkan, Semih; Dikmen, Bayazit; Göğüş, Nermin
- Abstract
Aim: Anxiety is defined as a feeling of distress and sadness. Environmental and physical factors trigger anxiety attacks. Regional anaesthetic methods may be used for both analgesia and anesthesia. The complications that could occur during/and after the application of these techniques may induce anxiety on the performers. The aim of our study is to estimate the momentous anxiety of the operator before performing regional anesthesia and if present, to be able to correlate the anxiety with the patient and the technique. Materials and Method: The study was performed on voluntary residents and specialists practicing in the Clinics of Anesthesiology and Reanimation following the approval received from the Ethics Committee. The participants were interrogated as for the duration of their anesthetic experiences (if any), and whether they had received regional anesthesia training, and applied any one of the regional anesthetic techniques, and if they did then the number of applications. They were also asked to evaluate the experience of discomfort on a 5-point scale while performing regional anesthesia (1: never, 2: minimal, 3: moderate, 4: much, 5: very much). State Trait Inventory (STAI) tests were used to measure the anxiety level of the performers. Maximum and minimum scores are 80 and 20 points respectively while a score above = 45 designated an anxious performer. Results: STAI test scores manifested lower values for those with < 35 months of anesthesic experience. The scores increased among performers with an anesthetic experience between 36 and 107 months. The scores decreased again among performers having an experience longer than 108 months. In all regional anesthetic experiences STAI test scores decrease along with the increased number of trials. Conclusion: STAI test scores increase in line with the insufficient experience of the performers/instructors in regional anesthesia, and decrease after sufficient experience is gained.
- Publication
Journal of the Turkish Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care Society - JTAICS / Türk Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Dergisi, 2010, Vol 38, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
1304-0871
- Publication type
Academic Journal