Anxiety in the preoperative phase of awake brain tumor surgery.

[en] OBJECTIVE: Awake surgery emerges as a standard of care for brain tumors located in or near eloquent areas. Levels of preoperative anxiety in patients are important, because anxiety can influence cognitive performance and participation, hence altering the outcome of the procedure. In this study we analyzed the prevalence and potential clinical predictors of anxiety in the pre-operative phase of an awake brain tumor surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seventy consecutive candidates for an awake brain tumor surgery were included. All patients received a neuropsychological pre-operative work-up. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was administrated to investigate symptoms of anxiety. Demographic and medical data were extracted from patients' charts. Linear regression analyses, multiple regression analyses, t-tests for parametric and Mann-Whitney U tests for non-parametric data were used to analyze the relation between demographic and medical variables and pre-operative anxiety. RESULTS: Mean score on the anxiety scale of the HADS was 6.1 (SD=4.2, range 1-19) and 25% of the patients scored on or above the cut-off for anxiety symptoms (score >7). Women reported higher levels of anxiety than men (p<0.01). Furthermore, younger patient were more anxious than older patients (p<0.05). No other variables were significantly related to pre-operative anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: Merely, one in every four patients reported significant anxiety symptoms in the pre-operative phase. Besides gender and age, none of the other demographic or medical factors were significantly associated with the level of anxiety.

Disciplines :

Genetics & genetic processes

Author, co-author :

Ruis, Carla

Wajer, Irene Huenges

Robe, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques

van Zandvoort, Martine

Language :

English

Title :

Anxiety in the preoperative phase of awake brain tumor surgery.

Publication date :

2017

Journal title :

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

ISSN :

0303-8467

eISSN :

1872-6968

Publisher :

Elsevier, Netherlands

Volume :

157

Pages :

7-10

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