Preoperative Anxiety Management: The Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Educational Interventions on Surgical Outcomes: A Narrative Review
Blessing Edidiong Dickson, Chidinma Lorretta Gab-Obinna, Daniel Obinna Eke & Stella Opeyemi Akinlotan · Asian Journal of Research in Nursing and Health · 2026
Preoperative anxiety is a prevalent and clinically significant phenomenon that adversely affects surgical outcomes through both psychological and physiological pathways. Elevated anxiety levels before surgery have been associated with increased postoperative pain, delayed recover...
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Research Article
10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1308