Are religious patients less afraid of surgery? A cross-sectional study on the relationship between dimensions of religiousness and surgical fear

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287451
• Publication Date: 2023-07-13T17:42:08Z
• Authors: Andrija Karačić; Jure Brkić; Maurice Theunissen; Slavica Sović; Mansoureh Karimol...; Branko Bakula; Jelena Karačić; David H. Rosmarin
• Keywords: Cross-sectional study; Univariate analysis

Surgical fear is common and has a negative impact on surgery its outcome. Recent research identified individual religiousness as an important factor among patients with associations to mental health, particularly anxiety.