Tezcan-Keleş G.Toprak V.Kefi A.Tok D.2024-07-222024-07-22200513040871http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/19728Aim: We aimed to determine factors causing anxiety immediately and 24 hours after surgery in patients undergoing general anaesthesia. Material and Methods: Following the Institutional Ethics Committee approval and informed consent, 173 eases were studied. A standard evaluation form rated patient anxiety about postoperative pain, nausea, vomiting, disorientation, shivering, sore throat, drowsiness, thirst, gagging on the tracheal tube and awareness during anaesthesia. Anxiety was rated using a 1 to 10 point verbal "numeric anxiety scale". (NAS) where a score of "1" represented "least upsetting condition" and "10" represented the "most upsetting condition". Results: Pain caused the most anxiety (immediately postoperative NAS=4.6±3.6 increasing to 5.8±3.7 on postoperative day one. Awareness during anaesthesia (3.2+4.0), sore throat (2.8±3.4), disorientation (2.5±3.5) and drowsiness (2.1±2.9) were other major eauses of anxiety. While the increase in anxiety related to pain increased significantly on postoperative day one, there was a decreased in changes in the other factors over this time. Conclusion: Postoperative pain is the most common anaesthesia-related factor causing anxiety in patients undergoing general anaesthesia. This finding underscores the importance of detailed preoperative communication with patients regarding their perioperative pain management.Turkishanesthetic agentadultanxiety disorderarticleawarenesscontrolled studydisorientationdrowsinessendotracheal tubefemalegastrointestinal symptomgeneral anesthesiahumanmajor clinical studymalenauseapostoperative painpostoperative periodrating scaleshiveringsore throatthirstvomitingArticle