title: Anxiety Levels in Patients Undergoing Sedation for Elective Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Colonoscopy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Anxiety is a common preprocedural problem and during processing especially in interventional medical processes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Aim of this study was to assess the level of anxiety in patients who will undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and coloscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five hundred patients scheduled to undergo sedation for elective upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were studied. Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was administered to each patient before brought to the endoscopy room. Demographic data of patients were collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BAI scores and anxiety levels were significantly lower in; males compared to females, patients with no comorbidity compared to patients with comorbidity (both P values < 0.001). BAI scores were significantly lower in patients educational status university and upper compared to patients educational status primary-high school (p=0.026). There were no significant difference between BAI and anxiety levels compared to procedures (Respectively, P=0.144 P=0.054). There were no significant difference between BAI scores and anxiety levels compared to age groups (Respectively, P=0.301 P=0.214).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We think that level of anxiety in patients who will undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy was effected by presence of comorbidities and gender but was not effected by features such as age, procedure type and educational status.
authors.affiliation: Konya Training and Research Hospital, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sargin
authors.affiliation: Konya Training and Research Hospital, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Selcuk
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Uluer
authors.affiliation: Konya Training and Research Hospital, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Eyüp
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aydogan
authors.affiliation: Konya Training and Research Hospital, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hanedan
authors.affiliation: Konya Training and Research Hospital, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammed İsmail
authors.initials: Mİ
authors.lastname: Tepe
authors.affiliation: Konya Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Department, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Eryılmaz
authors.affiliation: Konya Training and Research Hospital, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ebem
authors.affiliation: Konya Training and Research Hospital, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sadık
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Özmen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anxiety; colonoscopy; sedation; upper gastrointestinal endoscopy