Comparison of preoperative anxiety between cesarean section and other elective surgery in women patients who scheduled for elective surgery

Surveys to determine the quality of anesthesia in anesthesiology work is being done for a long times; but these studies are not sufficient in number and detail. Therefore, with this study we wanted to determine the demographic characteristics of caesarean section and other clinical patients, determine the effects of these on anxiety and information level, investigate anxiety difference between elective surgery and cesarean section in female patients who scheduled for elective surgery. Filling the questionnaire was asked from the patients who were admitted anesthesia clinic preoperatively. The questionnaire consists of two parts. In the first section It was planned to be asked the demographic data such as age, gender, education, marital status, number of children, and questions such as the type of operation planned for, you have previously met with anesthesia, do you know regional anesthesia? In the second section it was planned to use Amsterdam Preoprativ Anxiety and Information Scale (apais) to measure anesthesia and surgery-related anxiety level and information requests As a result of our work; it was found that surgery and anesthesia is a major anxiety factor for patients, patients have high anxiety during preoperative period, preoperative anxiety level is significantly higher in high level of education and in cesarean patients. In our study group, it was detected that undergraduate and graduate education level, patients with preoperative anxiety and because of scheduled surgery is caesarean section caused a significant increase of information requests. Keywords: anesthesia, preoperative Anxiety, the survey APAIS