Effect of Psychoneurobics (Meditation Technique) on Status of Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

Introduction: Anxiety is a normal adaptive reaction to stress. Preoperative anxiety around cataract surgery affects a large proportion of patients, despite advances in technique and anesthesia administration. Thus, cancellation of cataract surgery due to anxiety is a challenge in the preoperative care of patients. Psychoneurobics is a meditation technique through complete involvement of mind, body and soul in which cosmic energy is inhaled through the power of mind and then transferred to the body's neuro system. So the objective of the present study was to assess the effect of psychoneurobics on anxiety level of patients undergoing cataract surgery.