Assessment of anxiety levels in patients during elective upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy

Low Degree of Formal Education and Musical Experience Predict Degree of Music-Induced Stress Reduction in Relatives and Friends of Patients

“…One study noted that female nurses experience greater anxiety levels during work, 19 whereas other studies have indicated that female patients present with higher anxiety than males before gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, and cardiac catheterization. 20,21 These results are all consistent with the World Health Organization's finding that depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints are more common in women than men, which may be attributable to gender-based roles, stressors, and negative life experience. 22 The exact physiological basis for this remains to be elucidated.…”

Written Educational Material Relieves Anxiety after Endoscopic Biopsy: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

“…a Control group: biopsy was not done. (1) sensory discomfort (e.g., pain, gagging and needles), (2) adverse outcomes (e.g., fear of finding cancer), (3) incompetence/inconvenience (not enough sedation, insufficient knowledge of the procedure), and (4) miscellaneous (fear of doctors, concern about others watching the procedure). Furthermore, patients are often fearful of cancer diagnosis after biopsies during gastroscopy and colonoscopy.…”

“…1 Diagnostic gastroscopy and colonoscopy are strongly associated with increases in anxiety. 2 Maguire et al 3 reported the following reasons for increases in anxiety in patients before endoscopy: (1) fear of procedure-related pain, (2) fear of disease which may be diagnosed, (3) fear of the procedure itself because of insufficient sedation and information, and (4) fear of doctors and other people watching the operation. Many approaches have been tried to lessen patients' anxiety during gastro- Fig.…”

Serbian Translation and Cross-Cultural Validation of the Questionnaire for Assessing Patient Satisfaction with Endoscopic Examination of the Digestive Tract

“…The values of the factor weights in Table 4 suggest that the first factor includes five questions (questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), the second factor includes six questions (questions 13,14,16,17,18,20), the third factor includes four questions (questions 6,7,8,19) and the fourth factor includes four questions (questions 9, 10, 11, 12). Among the questions that belong to each factor, there is a connection.…”

“…As invasive procedures, these examinations are not without risks and risk of complications (1,4,5). Examinations can be performed with or without anaesthesia and can often be very unpleasant and painful for patients (2,6).…”