The translation and validation of the surgical anxiety questionnaire into the modern standard Arabic language: results from classical test theory and item response theory analyses

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 694 - 13
• Main Authors: Alghamdi, Abdulmajeed Abdullah, Alghuthayr, Khalid, Alqahtani, Saad Sh. S. M. M., Alshahrani, Ziyad Ali, Asiri, Abdullah Mohammed, Ghazzawi, Hadeel, Helmy, Mai, Trabelsi, Khaled, Husni, Mariwan, Jahrami, Haitham
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.10.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adult; Anxiety; Anxiety - diagnosis; Anxiety - psychology; Anxiety disorders; Anxiety measurement; Arabic language; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Cognitive therapy; Counseling; Cross-Sectional Studies; Evaluation; Factor analysis; Fear & phobias; Female; Health surveys; Heart rate; Humans; Interpreters; Item response theory; Kappa coefficient; Language; Male; Methods; Middle Aged; Patient outcomes; Patient-reported outcomes; Patients; Physiology; Preoperative anxiety; Psychological aspects; Psychological tests; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Relaxation; Reproducibility of Results; Surgery; Surgical anxiety; Surgical outcomes; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Translating; Translation; Translations; Translations and translating; Validity; Validity and reliability; Worry; Africa; Validity and reliability; Surgical anxiety; Anxiety measurement; Patient-reported outcomes; Preoperative anxiety; Item response theory

Preoperative anxiety is commonly found in patients who are waiting for surgery and can lead to negative surgical outcomes. Understanding the sources of surgical anxiety allows healthcare providers to identify at-risk patients and implement psychosocial interventions such as counseling, relaxation te...