Research Article: The Effect of Health Literacy on Preoperative Anxiety Levels in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery
Introduction:
The surgical process is stressful and triggers emotional, cognitive, and physiological responses. Anxiety can be explained as feelings of uncertainty, uneasiness, apprehension, or tension that a person experiences in response to an unknown object or situation. Preoperative anxiety (PA), generally considered a type of state anxiety related to impending surgery, is likely linked to individual personality traits and coping processes. A growing number of studies have indicated that PA is associated with increased and…
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