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Videotape Preparation of Patients Before Hip Replacement Surgery Reduces Stress

Stephan Doering, MD, Florian Katzlberger, MD, Gerhard Rumpold, PhD, Silvia Roessler, MS, Beatrix Hofstoetter, MS, Dieter S. Schatz, PhD, Hannes Behensky, MD, Martin Krismer, MD, Gabriele Luz, MD, Petra Innerhofer, MD, Herbert Benzer, MD, Alois Saria, PhD and Gerhard Schuessler, MD

From the Departments of Psychological Medicine and Psychotherapy (S.D., F.K., G.R., S.R., B.H., D.S.S., G.S.), Orthopedics (H. Behensky, M.K.), and Anesthesia and General Intensive Care (G.L, P.I., H. Benzer), and the Neurochemical Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry (A.S.), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.



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  		Fig. 1. State anxiety (STAI-X1). OP = operative. *p < .05.

 


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  		Fig. 2. Pain (visual analog scale, 0–100 mm). OP = operative.

 


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  		Fig. 3. Intake of analgesics during the immediate 4 postoperative days. NSAR = nonsteroidal antirheumatics. *p < .05.

 


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  		Fig. 4. Cortisol excretion in 12-hour night urine samples. OP = operative. *p < .05, **p < .01.

 




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