Abstract
In order to examine an interaction between emotional response to detailed risk disclosure and effects of anti-anxiety drug, 30 surgical preoperative patients were classified into 2 groups, i. e. experimental and control, according to with or without detailed risk disclosure. Emotional responses were evaluated using the STAI, the Nowlis check list, and an assessment of sedation in the operative theatre. The results were summarized as follows : (1) In preoperative visit. no difference was observed with regard to state anxiety and trait anxiety. (2) The control group showed a significant decrease in state anxiety in the preoperative theatre, while the experimental group did not. Also, the control group displayed significantly higher sedation scores. (3) At present, we feel that the most reasonable approach is to tell the patient, with cautious attitudes, of serious, but remote, risks of anesthesia.
