title: Effect of Anaesthesia Method on Preoperative Anxiety Level in Elective Caesarean Section Surgeries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this study, the effect of the anaesthesia method on preoperative anxiety in parturients scheduled to undergo elective caesarean surgery was investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  After Dicle University Ethics Committee approval, 100 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) II parturients, aged between 18 and 45 years, were included in this study from 2011 to 2012 at the Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology. The parturients were divided into two groups, with 50 patients in each group: general anaesthesia (GA) and spinal anaesthesia (SA). Patients were evaluated during the preoperative visit. Demographic data and STAI TX-1 form to measure preoperative anxiety were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant differences between the two groups in maternal age, gestational age, level of education and number of children (p>0.05). The average anxiety score was significantly higher in the SA group than in the GA group (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, spinal anaesthesia is associated with a higher preoperative anxiety level than general anaesthesia in obstetric patients. Therefore, it is necessary to take prevention against preoperative anxiety for the patients undergoing caesarean section surgeries under spinal anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Diyarbakır Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akildiz
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Diyarbakır Bismil State Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Diyarbakır Selahaddini Eyyübi State Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaydu
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Diyarbakır Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem Kıvılcım
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kaçar
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Diyarbakır Bismil State Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ömer Fatih
authors.initials: ÖF
authors.lastname: Şahin
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Dicle University School of Medicine Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep Baysal
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
keywords: Preoperative anxiety; general anaesthesia; pregnancy; spinal anaesthesia