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Study on How Gender-Specific Pre-Surgery Anxiety Affects Opioid Use After ENT Surgery
Led by Medical University of Vienna · Updated on 2025-07-04
300
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
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Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
Researchers are investigating how preoperative anxiety affects the amount of opioid pain medication needed after ENT surgery. This study focuses on adult patients undergoing elective ENT procedures and aims to identify psychological factors that influence acute postoperative pain to improve long-term pain management. The study will assess anxiety levels using several validated questionnaires to explore gender-specific differences in anxiety and opioid use. Participants will complete anxiety questionnaires including STOA, APAIS, PCS, and VAS-A on the day before and the day of surgery. These assessments will be used to correlate preoperative anxiety with opioid consumption during the stay in the post-anesthesia care unit PACU. The study is observational and does not involve experimental treatments but monitors patients undergoing usual ENT surgeries. During the study, researchers will track opioid use and pain scores in the recovery room for up to two hours after surgery. Patients will fill out anxiety questionnaires before surgery, and opioid use will be recorded to measure the relationship between anxiety and pain medication needs. This information may help tailor postoperative pain treatments to individual patients based on their anxiety levels.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Gender-specific Preoperative Anxiety Level and Postoperative Opioid Requirement After ENT Surgery.
Research Team
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Marita Windpassinger, MD
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Olga Plattner, MD
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