Psychological State of Surgical Patients in the Postoperative Period

Abstract

The article deals with a number of issues related to the peculiarities of the psychological state of surgical patients in the postoperative period. The relevance of the topic of psychological support for surgical patients for practical health care is noted. The article presents the main approaches to the issue of the relationship between surgical intervention and psychological state of patients. It provides the results of secondary analysis of the data obtained from a study conducted by a group of authors at «National Medical Research Center named after V.A. Almazov» of Ministry of Healthcare of Russia in 2020. It was revealed that the psychological state of surgical patients after surgery has a number of features, which include a high level of anxiety, fear, depression, and blurred consciousness. It was noted that it is necessary to study the peculiarities of the psychological state in the postoperative period of patients after surgery. To reduce stress, it is very important to have a preventive conversation with a psychologist in the hospital department to explain to patients the course of their illness and the specifics of rehabilitation after surgery.