Abstract :
Introduction: Anxiety is a normal adaptive reaction to stress. Preoperative anxiety around cataract surgery
affects a large proportion of patients, despite advances in technique and anesthesia administration.
Thus, cancellation of cataract surgery due to anxiety is a challenge in the preoperative care of patients.
Psychoneurobics is a meditation technique through complete involvement of mind, body and soul in which
cosmic energy is inhaled through the power of mind and then transferred to the body’s neuro system. So
the objective of the present study was to assess the effect of psychoneurobics on anxiety level of patients
undergoing cataract surgery.
Materials and Methods: A prospective randomized control study was carried out in a private eye hospital.
One hundred patients undergoing cataract surgery were enrolled and randomized into two groups, namely,
experimental group (receiving psychoneurobics and counseling both, n=50) and control group (receiving
counseling only, n=50). Anxiety was measured using Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information
Scale (APAIS) preoperatively before and after the psychoneurobics and counseling.
Result: In the study, during first assessment, done before psychoneurobics/counseling, anxiety level of
experimental group was found higher than the control group. However, in second assessment (after
intervention), experiment group receiving psychoneurobics showed a higher decrease in anxiety (APAIS
score) than control group. This finding was statistically significant (7.74±2.15 vs. 12.2±2.64, p
Keyword :
Anxiety, Psychoneurobics, Cataract