title: [Anxiety and coping mechanisms used by ambulatory surgery patients].
abstract: The goals of this study were to identify the anxiety state in surgical ambulatory patients in the pre-operative period, the coping mechanisms employed, their clinical manifestation, and to verify the influence of state anxiety during the pre-operative period. The results showed that 40 patients exhibited little anxiety and there was no significantly statistical correlation between preoperative anxiety state, coping mechanisms and clinical changes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica da EEUSP. lygiamoraes@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Lygia Oliveira
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: de Moraes
authors.forename: Aparecida de Cássia
authors.initials: Ade C
authors.lastname: Peniche
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged