[Anxiety and coping mechanisms used by ambulatory surgery patients].
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.
de Moraes
Lygia Oliveira
LO
Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica da EEUSP. lygiamoraes@uol.com.br
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged