Study on How Fear Before Surgery Affects Pain and Recovery After Surgery

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to understand how fear of anesthesia, surgery, and hospitals affects pain control and recovery after scheduled surgeries. It focuses on patients undergoing surgery who may experience anxiety and fear that could lead to worse postoperative pain and outcomes. The study is observational and will include 138 patients to explore these emotional factors and their impact on recovery. Before surgery, patients will be assessed with two questionnaires one measuring fear related to anesthesia, surgery, and hospitals, and another evaluating anxiety levels using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. After surgery, patients will be monitored for pain using the Numerical Rating Scale during the first 24 hours. The study will follow patients until discharge to understand how preoperative emotions relate to postoperative pain. Participants will be interviewed the day before surgery to complete the fear and anxiety questionnaires and then monitored on the first day after surgery to assess pain levels. Researchers will collect data until patients leave the hospital. The main measurement is postoperative pain within the first 24 hours using the Numerical Rating Scale. This approach allows researchers to observe the connection between pre-surgery emotions and recovery outcomes in a real-world hospital setting.

Influence of Preoperative Fear on Pain and Postoperative Outcomes