U.S., April 9 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07517458) titled 'The Assessment of Preoperative Anxiety in Cancer Patients: Validation, Observational, Descriptive Study.' on March 20.
Brief Summary: The study stems from the need to have available effective tools for detecting the anxiety of the cancer patient who has to undergo surgery.
The period leading up to surgery, is characterized by strong emotions that create an upheaval in the work, family and social life of the patient as well as concern about the unknown.
It would be crucial to ensure a personalized nursing care by having scales of assessment specific to the clinical-surgical oncology setting in order to collect the patient's emotion...