Do informative leaflets affect pre-procedural anxiety and immediate pain after transforaminal epidural steroid injections? A prospective randomized controlled study

Ozdemir, Yeliz; ŞENCAN, SAVAŞ; Ercalik, Tulay; Kokar, Serdar; GÜNDÜZ, OSMAN

doi:10.14744/agri.2020.27048

Do informative leaflets affect pre-procedural anxiety and immediate pain after transforaminal epidural steroid injections? A prospective randomized controlled study

Ozdemir Y. B., ŞENCAN S., Ercalik T., Kokar S., GÜNDÜZ O. H.

AGRI-THE JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY, vol.33, no.1, pp.1-6, 2021 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 33 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2021
Doi Number: 10.14744/agri.2020.27048
Journal Name: AGRI-THE JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.1-6
Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an informative leaflet provided to patients before a lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) on the level of immediate pain and pre-procedural anxiety.