Anxiety Levels in Patients Undergoing Sedation for Elective Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Colonoscopy

2016-04-01T15-14-12Z
Source: Medical Archives
Mehmet Sargin, Mehmet Selcuk Uluer, Eyüp Aydogan, Bülent Hanedan, Muhammed İsmail Tepe, Mehmet Ali Eryılmaz, Emre Ebem, and Sadık Özmen.
Background: Anxiety is a common preprocedural problem and during processing especially in interventional medical processes. Aim: Aim of this study was to assess the level of anxiety in patients who will undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and coloscopy. Methods: Five hundred patients scheduled to undergo sedation for elective upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were studied. Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was administered to each patient before brought to the endoscopy room. Demographic data of patients were collected. Results: BAI scores and anxiety levels were significantly lower in; males compared to females, patients with no comorbidity compared to patients with comorbidity (both P values

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