Evaluation of Anxiety Levels in Patients Who Underwent Intravitreal Injections

Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: To evaluate the anxiety scores of patients before and after intravitreal injections and to investigate the relation between the number of intravitreal injection and anxiety levels.

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Key Findings & Data:Results: Mean age of patients were 65.7±9.1 and 59 patients were male (61.5%), 37 patients were female (38.5%).

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Conclusion & Impact:The anxiety rates were not influenced by previous experience of injections.

🔬Design:Research Article

📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample

⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the anxiety scores of patients before and after intravitreal injections and to investigate the relation between the number of intravitreal injection and anxiety levels. Material and Method: Ninty six patients were included in this study who have undergone intravitreal ranibizumab injections for diabetic macular edema, exudative age related macular degeneration and retinal vein occlusion. Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory were applied to all patients before and after injections and anxiety scores were calculated. Results: Mean age of patients were 65.7±9.1 and 59 patients were male (61.5%), 37 patients were female (38.5%). Mean anxiety score before injection were significantly higher compared to mean anxiety score after injection (45.2±4.9 and 42.5±4.1, respectively) (p<0.001). There was no significant relation between the number of injections and anxiety scores before and after injections (p=0.819 and p=0.286, respectively). Conclusion: The anxiety scores were significantly decreased after the injection in patiens who had undergone intravitreal injection. The anxiety rates were not influenced by previous experience of injections.

Özet

Amaç: İntravitreal enjeksiyon yapılan hastalarda enjeksiyon öncesi ve sonrası anksiyete düzeyini değerlendirmek ve intravitreal enjeksiyon sayısı ile anksiyete düzeyi arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmak.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmaya diyabetik maküla ödemi, eksüdatif yaşa bağlı maküla dejenerasyonu ve retina ven tıkanıklığı nedeniyle intravitreal ranibizumab enjeksiyonu uygulanan 96 hasta dahil edildi. Enjeksiyon öncesi ve sonrasında tüm hastalara Spielberger durumluk vesürekli kaygı ölçeği anket formu dolduruldu ve kaygı düzeyleri hesaplandı.Bulgular: Hastaların ortalama yaşı 65,7±9,1 idi ve 59'u erkek (%61,5), 37'si kadın (%38,5) idi. İntravitreal enjeksiyon öncesi ortalamaanksiyete skoru Spielberger durumluk ve sürekli kaygı ölçeği, enjeksiyon sonrası anksiyete skoruna göre anlamlı olarak yüksekti (45,2±4,9 ve42,5±4,1, sırasıyla) (p<0,001). Hastaların enjeksiyon sayıları ile enjeksiyon öncesi ve sonrası anksiyete skoru arasında anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmadı (p=0,819 ve p=0,286, sırasıyla).Sonuç: İntravitreal enjeksiyon geçiren hastalarda anksiyete skoru enjeksiyon sonrasında öncesine göre azalmaktadır. Anksiyete oranlarıhastaların önceki enjeksiyon deneyimlerimden etkilenmemektedir

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DURSUN, A., VURAL, A. Ö., MERT, D. G., BOZALİ, E., GÜLAÇ, F. D., TOKER, M. İ., ERDOĞAN, H., ARICI, M. K., TOPALKARA, A. (2016). Evaluation of Anxiety Levels in Patients Who Underwent Intravitreal Injections. MN Oftalmoloji, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 4, 237–240. https://ajindex.com/articles/295557

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