Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
[Assessment of preoperative anxiety in patients entering the operating room on foot using state-trait anxiety inventory].
The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the effect of walking into the operating room on preoperative anxiety level. Sixty non-premedicated patients scheduled for elective surgery were randomly divided into two groups based on how they were transported into the operating room. ⋯ STAI values were not increased in the operating room as compared to the day before surgery for either group and did not differ between groups, though they showed a high level of anxiety throughout the preoperative period. We conclude that walking into the operating room has no significant influence on preoperative anxiety level.