DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i12.038

Pages: 4820-4826

The burden of emotional states such as anxiety, depression and stress in people undergoing surgery is undeniable. The excessive and continuous effects of those emotional states have negative impact on people’s physical, mental and psychological well-being, quality of life and productivity. They are influenced by each person’s individual difference of socio-demographic variables and type of surgery. Identifying the levels of anxiety, depression and stress in preoperative surgical patients may evaluate the magnitude of its effect on the outcome. Among patients waiting for surgery and admitted in surgery & orthopedic department 1) To identify the levels of preoperative depression, anxiety and stress 2) To analyze their correlation with demographic variables 3) To analyze their correlation for patients awaiting major versus minor surgery. Study was carried out in CUSMCH, Surendranagar.