Feelings, preoperative anxiety, and need for information in patients undergoing intravitreal injections.

Arnaud MartelS Nahon-EsteveK MartiniF AlmairacS Baillif

Published in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2020)

Preoperative anxiety and need for information are common in patients undergoing IVI even after many IVI. Being injected by different practitioners was strongly correlated with preoperative anxiety and should be avoided as much as possible. Better educational and information programs are needed.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
sleep quality
health information
primary care
public health
vascular endothelial growth factor
diabetic retinopathy
social media
depressive symptoms
endothelial cells