Determinación del grado de ansiedad en los pacientes del área de Gastroenterología de la consulta externa del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso que se van a realizar una colonoscopia -2015

Abstract

Background: Anxiety is a negative nerve stimulation resulting in somatic and mental disorders, which occurs in patients prior to a biological therapeutic procedure, which somehow breaks the proper development and recovery of the medical procedure.

Adjective: Determine the degree of anxiety in the patients of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Gastroenterology area, ranging to undergo a colonoscopy.

Methodology: A quantitative study of descriptive with a sample of 102 patients in the area of gastroenterology HVCM. The technique used was the interview and the instrument was the Test of Hamilton. The tabulation and analysis of data was performed in SPSS version 15 and Excel. The results are shown in tables and simple graphics and dual input.

Using the results: of the 102 patients evaluated 56.9% for the female, the average age is 52.89 years, 34.3% are young adults adults followed by means 29.4%, 65.7% are married, 41.2% have completed a full primary, 61.8% are in rural areas. The moderate level of anxiety was 86.3%, which was presented in females by 49%, 38.2% of patients with anxiety have low education and 28.4% are young adults.

The investigation concluded that the anxiety is present in all patients prior to procedures, generating so that process is limited to medical equipment and even more so for the patient.