An interventional study of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale and Satisfaction scale in Cataract Surgery, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-12.
Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The aim of this prospective study was to investigate whether non-fasting recommendation could reduce preoperative anxiety level, incidence of anesthetist interventions, and number of surgical complications in elective cataract surgery patients.
Fear of aspiration makes anesthetists reluctant to challenge standard pre-operative fasting guidelines recommending stopping eating solids and drinking clear fluid 6 hours and 2 hours, respectively before anesthesia. However, hunger and thirst exacerbates patients' anxiety, adversely impacts the patient's comfort and satisfaction, and enhances pain response leading to additional need for analgesia.
Patients undergoing non-invasive procedures requiring no or light sedation may benefit from non-fasting recommendations. The need for preoperative fasting in patients undergoing cataract surgery under topical anesthesia remains controversial. Patients are not fasted before standard cataract surgery under local anesthesia in many cataract centers, in accordance with the UK national guideline published in 2012. However, this practice is not supported by a high level of evidence from prospective clinical trials. So far, the lack of international professional consensus on the matter, local practices are based on institutional recommendations obviating the need for starvation in routine cataract surgery under topical anesthesia.
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Other: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale · Other: Satisfaction scale
Other: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale · Other: Satisfaction scale
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale
Satisfaction scale
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale score
preoperative anxiety level
Time frame: Baseline (Before surgery)
Incidence of vitreous outbreaks perceived by the operator
Incidence of vitreous outbreaks perceived by the operator
Time frame: During surgery
Incidence of capsular ruptures
Incidence of capsular ruptures
Time frame: During surgery
Satisfaction scale score
Satisfaction scale score (scale from 0 to 10)
Time frame: Immediately after surgery
Incidence of oxygen desaturations
Incidence of oxygen desaturations (SpO2 \<93%)
Time frame: During surgery
Proportion of patients who took their usual antihypertensive therapy
Proportion of patients who took their usual antihypertensive therapy
Time frame: Baseline (Before surgery)
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