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Table 1 Time points and assessment tools

From: Perioperative real-time information sharing and its impact on family members’ anxiety in patients undergoing elective thoracoscopic lobectomy: a single-center randomized controlled trial

Time point

Assessment Content

Scales/tools used

T-1 (day before surgery)

General information, GAD-7, SAS, HADS, Family Satisfaction Scale

GAD-7, SAS, HADS, Family Satisfaction Scale

T0 (7:00 AM on the day of surgery)

Family anxiety assessment

GAD-7, SAS, HADS

T1 (upon entering the operating room)

Family anxiety assessment

GAD-7, SAS, HADS

T2 (30 min after surgery starts)

Family anxiety assessment

GAD-7, SAS, HADS

T3 (upon leaving the operating room)

Family anxiety assessment

GAD-7, SAS, HADS

T4 (8:00 PM on the day of surgery)

Family anxiety assessment

GAD-7, SAS, HADS

T5 (1 day after surgery)

Family anxiety assessment

GAD-7, SAS, HADS

T6 (7 days after surgery)

Family satisfaction assessment, anxiety assessment

GAD-7, SAS, HADS, Family Satisfaction Scale

  1. Abbreviations: GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7, SAS Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale