Gender-specific Preoperative Anxiety Level and Postoperative Opioid Requirement After ENT Surgery.

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Conditions studied: Anxiety, Acute Post Operative Pain

In brief

The study will be designed to investigate the impact of the preoperative anxiety level on postoperative opioid requirement during the PACU stay, in order to improve postoperative pain treatment in the long term after ENT surgery. The present study can contribute to improve postoperative pain management in patients in the field of ENT surgery, as new influencing parameters and risk factors may be discovered.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05141591

Run by

Medical University of Vienna

People needed

300

Starts

2021-11-11

Expected to finish

2026-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) physical status I-IV
• able to read and understand the information sheet and to sign the consent form
• being scheduled for elective ENT surgery under general anesthesia
• written informed consent
• age≥18 years

You may not qualify if…

• difficulty to understand study procedure, pain scoring system or questionnaires
• surgical procedure warranting elective postoperative ventilation

Where it is running

• Medical University Vienna — Vienna, State of Vienna, Austria (enrolling)

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