“…High anxiety during medical procedures may complicate patients' tolerance of the procedure, decrease their cooperation, increase sedation needs, prolong the duration of the procedure, and cause complications. It may also limit the endoscopist ability to implement the procedure and reduce patient satisfaction (Arıcan et al, 2022; Gürbulak, Üçüncü, Yardımcı, Kırlı, & Tüzüner, 2018; Kakinuma, Nagatani, Otake, Mizuno, & Nakata, 2011; Ruffinengo, Versino, & Renga, 2009).…”