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Anxiety in older persons waiting for cataract surgery — investigating the contributing factors
Author(s)	Heather D Hadjistavropoulos, Bonnie S Snider, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 20, no 1, Spring 2001
Pages	pp 97-112
Keywords	Anxiety ; Visual impairment ; Surgery ; Admission [hospitals] ; Evaluation ; Canada.
Annotation	Cataract surgery is one of the most frequent surgical procedures experienced by older people, but in Canada, long waiting lists are common. The Beck Anxiety Inventory was used in a systematic study of anxiety in 50 older people waiting for the operation. More than a third reported anxiety within the range reported for panic disorder patients. Increased anxiety was found among those with a general tendency to worry about their health, poorer visual functioning and a greater use of palliative coping strategies. These results highlight the importance of assessing anxiety while patients wait for surgery, and for designing interventions and providing assistance to those with elevated levels of anxiety. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010626205 A
Classmark	ENP: BR: LKA: LD:QKH: 4C: 7S
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