Self-touches as a behavioural marker of preoperative anxiety

Br J Anaesth. 2022 Jan;128(1):e26-e28. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.018. Epub 2021 Nov 17.

Authors

Lorène Reiter¹, Patrizia d'Ettorre¹, Jean-Luc Durand¹, Christophe Baillard², Gilles Guerrier³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire d'Ethologie Expérimentale et Comparée UR 4443 (LEEC), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. Electronic address: gilles.guerrier@aphp.fr.

PMID: 34799101
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.018

No abstract available

Keywords: anxiety; behaviour; biomarker; preoperative anxiety; self-touching behaviour.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anxiety / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Preoperative Period*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Touch*
Young Adult