Preoperative anxiety among adult patients undergoing elective surgery: a prospective survey at a general hospital in Ethiopia
Abstract Background Major life changes are among factors that cause anxiety, and one of these changes is surgery. Hospitalization, regardless of disease, is known to provoke anxiety in the patient admitted for surgery. Anxiety is an unpleasant disturbing experience that involves way of thinking of t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Patient Safety in Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13037-019-0198-0 |