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The Effect Of Preoperative Anxiety Level On Postoperative SoreThroat

NCT06191783 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-02-04

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Summary

Tympanoplasty is the general name given to operations in which the defect in the tympanic membrane is repaired with a connective tissue graft to correct the pathology in chronic otitis media and its sequelae. The pathology in the middle ear and mastoid system may vary from a central tympanic membrane perforation in which the mucosa and ossicles in the middle ear are completely dry to cholesteatoma in which the entire membrane and ossicles in the middle ear are destroyed and sometimes complications such as facial paralysis, labyrinth fistula, meningitis and brain abscess are observed. A simple myringoplasty in which only the perforated eardrum is repaired is the simplest type of tympanoplasty. A radical masteidectomy is a procedure in which the middle ear and the outer ear mastoid system are moulded into a single cavity.

Anxiety is an emotional state defined as a restless feeling whose source is usually uncertain. It may cause abnormal haemodynamic changes as a result of sympathetic, parasympathetic and endocrine stimulation. Patients' anxiety and fear increase during the time they are waiting for the operation. Elimination of anxiety in the preoperative preparation period is important to improve the quality of postoperative recovery and reduce costs (4). Scales such as State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), APAIS, Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale (HADS), and Beck Anxiety Scale (Beck Anxiety Scale), which measure trait and state anxiety separately, can be used to determine anxiety levels.

Postoperative sore throat (POST) is a common complication of general anesthesia. Although it is less harmful than other complications, it decreases postoperative comfort of patients and may prolong hospital stay. After intubation, patients may experience complications such as hoarseness, dysphagia, cough and dry throat with POST. The incidence related to tracheal intubation has been reported to be 62% and it is thought to be caused by injury with laryngoscopy or damage to the tracheal mucosa due to cuff pressure. Sore throat in the postoperative period negatively affects patient comfort and may lead to an unpleasant anesthetic experience.

This study aimed to reveal the relationship between preoperative anxiety level and postoperative sore throat and other complications in patients undergoing tympanoplasty.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Balikesir University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nazan Kocaoğlu · Balikesir University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-02
Primary Completion
2024-07-02
Completion
2024-08-02

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

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