FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAOPERATIVE ANXIETY AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING CONSCIOUS SURGERY FOR CLOSED-LEG FRACTURE

Abstract

Patients undergoing open reduction and internal fixation surgery frequently opt for spinal anesthesia, which preserves intraoperative consciousness. This conscious state may trigger significant anxiety during surgical procedures. Despite the clinical relevance of this phenomenon, intraoperative anxiety among conscious patients remains under-recognized in Chinese surgical populations. This knowledge gap motivated the current investigation. This study examined the degree of intraoperative anxiety and the relationship between gender, age, waiting time, surgical time and intraoperative anxiety among patients with closed-leg fracture undergoing conscious surgery. A total 123 participants were recruited during February to April 2025 by selecting samples as per the inclusion criteria and using random sampling. Research instruments include the demographic questionnaire and the visual analog scale for anxiety (VAS-A). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Independence T-test and Pearson correlation coefficient.

The results show that mean intraoperative anxiety was 6.3±2.2, which indicates a clinically-relevant level of anxiety. There was a significant difference in the experience of intraoperative anxiety between female and male patients (t = -3.922, p

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