Comparison of anxiety and patient satisfaction before and after elective hysterectomy surgery under general or spinal anesthesia

Pre-operative evaluation of the patient starts with history, physical examination and lab tests and follows the pre-operative preparation with pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods of informing the patient. The purpose of preoperative preparation is many. But most importantly; anxiety, surgery, anesthesia and postoperative recovery are the majors.In this study, patients scheduled for elective hysterectomy determined to measure the causes of concern related to anesthesia, preoperative and postoperative levels of anxiety measure, the relationship between anxiety and patient satisfaction.Patients' were asked to answer STAI I and STAI II testing and section QoR-40 test that measures the quality of post-operative recovery were asked to complete.Values in the preoperative period STAI I, STAI I and STAI II that the higher I values decreased in the postoperative period. Preoperative anxiety in patients with serious condition in question is understood as causes of concern related to the preoperative anesthesia after surgery oversleep oneself, has been identified as post-operative pain and nausea and vomiting. In our study, preoperative and postoperative anxiety levels established a relationship between the levels of satisfaction.