You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output.
Click here to find out more.
Mendeley readers
| Title |
Predictors of preoperative anxiety among surgical patients in Jimma University Specialized Teaching Hospital, South Western Ethiopia
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Surgery, September 2014
|
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2482-14-67 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Seifu Nigussie, Tefera Belachew, Wadu Wolancho |
| Abstract |
Hospitalization and surgery are critical negative life events that lead to the experience of considerable anxiety in patients. Patients may perceive the day of surgery as the biggest and the most threatening day in their lives. There is paucity of information on predictors of anxiety in the current study area. The main objective of this study is to assess predictors of preoperative anxiety among patients scheduled for surgery in Jimma University Specialized Teaching Hospital. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 372 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Cameroon | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 367 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 55 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 44 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 34 | 9% |
| Researcher | 19 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 4% |
| Other | 58 | 16% |
| Unknown | 146 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 90 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 83 | 22% |
| Psychology | 10 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 1% |
| Other | 26 | 7% |
| Unknown | 152 | 41% |