Post-Operative Anticipation of Outcome after Cholecystectomy | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 9, Volume 69, Issue 7, October 2017, Pages 2804-2808 PDF (274.24 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0042569 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hussam Muidh Althagafi1; Faisal Saleh Alghamdi1; Mohammad Mustafa S Alali2; Linah Khalid Qasim3; Yara Saleh Bayunus3; Abdullatif Mohammed Alomair4; Feras Fouad Sarouji5; Abdullah Sulaiman A Alboseer6; Ghadeer Isa Abdali Isa Ebrahim Aldaaysi7; Bader Saad Alkhathami8; Mohammed Humayyed Mohammed Alotaibi9; Yousef Abdulrahman O Aloufi9 | ||
| 1King Abdulaziz University | ||
| 2Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University | ||
| 3Umm Alqura University | ||
| 4King Faisal University | ||
| 5KSH | ||
| 6Qassim University | ||
| 7Rak Medical and Health Sciences University | ||
| 8King Khaled University | ||
| 9King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: A substantial group of patients with gallstone disease experience negative outcome after surgical removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy). Early identification of these patients is important. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to recognize predictors (trait anxiety and clinical symptoms) of negative symptomatic outcomes at 5 weeks after cholecystectomy. Materials and Methods: Consecutive patients (n = 66), 18–60 years, with symptomatic gallstone disease, completed symptom checklists and the state-trait anxiety inventory preoperatively and at 6 weeks after cholecystectomy. Results: High trait anxiety was the only predictor of persistence of biliary symptoms at 6 weeks after cholecystectomy (OR = 6.79). Conclusion: In addition to clinical symptoms, high trait anxiety is a predictor of negative symptomatic outcome at 6 weeks after cholecystectomy. Trait anxiety should be evaluated to aim at a patient-tailored approach in gallstone disease. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cholecystectomy; Symptomatic gallstone disease; Trait anxiety | ||
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