Background: Psychosocial problems especially fearand anxietyexperienced by every person
always in the face ofanesthesia or surgery. Fear and anxiety that may be experienced patients
are diagnosed by the physical changes such as increased blood pressure, pulse and respiration, hand movements are not controlled, moist palms, anxious, asks the same question repeatedly, difficultysleeping, frequent urination
Objective: To determine the relationship of patient characteristics pre - laparotomy surgery with general anesthesia on the anxiety level of preparation in room of RK.Charitas Hospital Palembang
Method: T h i s study was an observational cross - sectional study. The number of samples obtained as many as 42 people with thesampling technique used is accidental sampling. Data analysis using chi-square statistical test or Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test if the condition is not met with the 95% confidencelevel (a =0.05).
Result: Laparotomy patient preoperative characteristics ofpatients with general anesthesia
in the preparation of the majority of the male 54.8%, age ≤ 35 years and > 35 years, respectively 50%, had never undergone surgery 73.8%, and 83.3% advanced education. A total of 15 patients or 35.7% had severe anxiety levels, 14 patients or 33.3% had mild anxiety levels, and 13 patients or 31.0% had amoderate level ofanxiety.
Conclusion: Characteristics of patients pre-surgery with general anesthesia laparotomy which have an influence on the level of anxiety is the experience ofsurgery (p = 0.020), and education (p = 0.030). While gender (p = 0.746) and age (p = 0.931) had no significant effect with the level ofpatient anxiety pre-surgery general anesthesia laparotom
