[Risk factors of anxiety during anesthesia induction in children undergoing eye and ear-nose-throat surgery]

Abstract

Objective: To explore the risk factors of anxiety during anesthesia induction in children undergoing eye and ear-nose-throat (ENT) surgeries. Methods: The clinical data of 930 children who underwent eye and ENT surgeries in the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University from January to December 2019 were collected. The outcome variable was the degree of anxiety during anesthesia induction. Demographic information about the children and their family members, anxiety scores and the usage of preoperative sedative drugs were collected as the exposure factors. The risk factors of anxiety during anesthesia induction were determined by logistic regression analysis. Results: A total of 930 children were included in the study, of which 56(6.0%) cases developed anxiety during the induction period. Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that age (OR=0.72, 95%CI:0.61-0.86, P<0.001), anxiety grading of children by medical evaluation method (mild as the reference, moderate OR=5.42, 95%CI:2.92-10.07, P<0.001; severe OR=7.53, 95%CI: 2.54-22.29, P<0.001), Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) score at arrival in the preoperative waiting room (OR=1.05, 95%CI:1.02-1.07, P<0.001) and sedation score (OR=0.48, 95%CI: 0.30-0.76, P<0.001) were risk factors for the development of anxiety during the induction period. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that anxiety grading of children by medical evaluation method was a risk factor for affecting anxiety in the induction period (mild as the reference, moderate OR=4.08, 95%CI:1.81-9.18, P<0.01; severe OR=4.95, 95%CI:1.26-19.44, P=0.022). Conclusion: Anxiety grading of children by medical evaluation method is an essential risk factor for predicting anxiety during induction period.