Comparison of anxiety level in patients under uterine fibroid treatment by myomectomy and uterine artery embolization (UAE) and its relationship with pain and duration of postoperative hospitalization in Ahvaz educational hospitals in 2018

INTRODUCTION: Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in women. Preoperative anxiety is due to concerns about the consequences of surgery and prevents recovery and high prevalence of postoperative pain and increases the length of stay in the hospital. In this study, we tried to investigate the level of anxiety in patients who are candidates for uterine artery embolization (UAE) and myomectomy surgery and its relationship with the length of hospitalization and postoperative pain. METHODS: The present descriptive-analytical study was performed on candidates for uterine fibrinoid treatment referred to Ahvaz educational hospitals in 2018. A total of 41 candidates for uterine fibroid treatment were segmented into two groups of 24 candidates for myomectomy surgery and 17 for UAE treatment considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria after informed consent. Data were analyzed by SPSS VER 20 software using Mann–Whitney test, multiple regression, and Chi-square. RESULTS: Myomectomy surgery group recorded more overt and covert anxiety, followed by a longer hospital stay and more postoperative pain (P < 0.05). The demographic criterion of age was significantly associated with overt and covert anxiety (P < 0.05). The level of education was significantly associated with overt anxiety (P < 0.05) and marital status and BMI were not significantly associated with overt and covert anxiety levels (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: According to the results of the study, overt and covert preoperative anxiety in women undergoing myomectomy surgery for symptomatic uterine fibroids is longer than in UAE treatment. And have more pain after surgery.