Preoperative education reduces preoperative anxiety in cancer patients undergoing surgery: Usefulness of the self-reported Beck anxiety inventory

Background and objectives: Preoperative instruction is known to significantly reduce patient anxiety before surgery. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of preoperative education on the level of anxiety of cancer patients undergoing surgery using the self-reported Beck anxiety invento...

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Main Authors: Marilia F. Lemos, Sylvio V. Lemos-Neto, Louis Barrucand, Nubia Verçosa, Eduardo Tibirica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001418301088

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