{"id":2198,"date":"2018-06-07T20:26:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T20:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:22:48","slug":"amsterdam-apais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/amsterdam-apais\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Preoperative anxiety is a frequent and challenging problem with deleterious effects on the development of surgical procedures and postoperative outcomes. To prevent and treat preoperative anxiety effectively, the level of anxiety of patients needs to be assessed through valid and reliable measuring instruments. One such measurement tool is the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS).<!--more--><br \/>\nThe Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I am worried about the anesthetic<\/li>\n<li>The anesthetic is on my mind continually<\/li>\n<li>I would like to know as much as possible about the anesthetic<\/li>\n<li>I am worried about the procedure<\/li>\n<li>The procedure is on my mind continually<\/li>\n<li>I would like to know as much as possible about the procedure<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The measure of agreement with these statements should be graded on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 &#8220;not at all&#8221; to 5 &#8220;extremely.&#8221;<br \/>\nA score of \u226511 identify anxious patients in clinical practice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Berth H, Petrowski K, Balck F. The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) &#8211; the first trial of a German version.\u00a0Psychosoc Med. 2007 Feb 20;4:Doc01. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/19742298\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vergara-Romero M, Morales-Asencio JM, Morales-Fern\u00e1ndez A, Canca-Sanchez JC, Rivas-Ruiz F, Reinaldo-Lapuerta JA. Validation of the Spanish version of the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS).\u00a0Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 Jun 7;15(1):120. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28592310\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Moerman N, van Dam FS, Muller MJ, Oosting H. The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)\u00a0Anesth Analg. 1996 Mar;82(3):445-51. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/8623940\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nowicka-Sauer K, Zem\u0142a A, Banaszkiewicz D, Trzeciak B, Jarmoszewicz K. Measures of preoperative anxiety: Part two. Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther. 2024;56(1):9-16. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38741439\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created Jun 04, 2018.<br \/>\nUp-date Feb 13, 2026.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[456,455,454,453,452,451,390,391,427,426,457],"class_list":["post-2198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anesthesiology","tag-amsterdam","tag-ansiedad","tag-anxiety","tag-apais","tag-escala","tag-escala-de-ansiedad-e-informacion-preoperatoria","tag-informacion","tag-information","tag-preoperative","tag-preoperatoria","tag-scale"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10669,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198\/revisions\/10669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}