title: Preoperative anxiety and motives for surgery.
abstract: Preoperative anxiety was assessed in 20 patients undergoing surgery for esthetic reasons and 20 other surgical patients. Patients with plastic surgery reported significantly less anxiety than patients with general surgery, as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jelicic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000523:psychology; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000523:psychology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology*