An observational study in Anxiety, sponsored by Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano. Recruiting at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-08.
Sponsored by Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano · Observational
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 emotions, concerns and fears.
Despite the numerous scales available, many of them have limitations concerning the issues they go to investigate but also concerning the timeframes for compilation, which are often long and laborious so they are difficult to apply.
The study aims to validate in the Italian context the Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire (SAQ) questionnaire, already translated and validated in multiple languages, to detect which factors are the most influential in increasing preoperative anxiety, with the aim of implementing education of the patient and implement strategies and interventions that can reduce anxiety.
7,201 studies on the registry are indexed under Anxiety Disorders; 1,682 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 180 is close to the median of 168 across 977 observational studies indexed under Anxiety Disorders.
Browse Anxiety Disorders studies →Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano is the lead sponsor of 51 studies on the registry; 36 are open to participants now.
Compared within Anxiety Disorders, the registry's first condition term, which may not be this study's main condition. Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily. How we classify →
Patients with oncological pathology who will have to undergo surgery at IRCCS-CRO Aviano
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Exclusion Criteria:
To assess the content validity of the SAQ translation
The content validity will be assessed by a panel of 5 experts and rated on a Content Validity Index (CVI). A CVI score \>=0.78 will indicate excellent content validity
Time frame: up to 1 year
To assess criterion validity of the SAQ translation
Criterion validity will be assessed by calculating the correlation between the translated SAQ total score and a validated Hamilton Rating for Anxiety (HAM-A)
Time frame: up to 1 year
To assess the reliability of the SAQ translation
Internal consistency will be measured with Cronbach alpha
Time frame: up to 1 year
To assess the construct validity of the SAQ translation
Confirmatory Factor Analysis will be carried out to assess construct validity. Factor loadings, eigenvalues and explained variance will be reported
Time frame: up to 1 year
To assess the construct validity of the SAQ translation
Exploratory Factor Analysis will be carried out to assess construct validity. Factor loadings, eigenvalues and explained variance will be reported
Time frame: up to 1 year
Measuring the level of preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing surgery at the Centro di Oncology Reference Center-IRCCS of Aviano (IRCCSCRO Aviano)
Level of preoperative anxiety will be measured with the validated SAQ questionnaire. Score will be reported as mean and standard deviation. The score range is 17-85, with higher scores indicating worst anxiety
Time frame: up to 1 year
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