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Preoperative severe pain, decreased function, and high anxiety levels increase preoperative anxiety in elderly patients who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty

2024-09-03

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: Patients experience clinically significant anxiety from the time they are recommended to undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a preoperative intervention regarding anxiety levels in elderly patients undergoing TKA for knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to evaluate whether patient characteristics affect the effectiveness of the interv...

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a172c679-2f22-5198-9fd7-d97ed8cda02c
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-4831438/v1
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