The researchers considered working on this study to find out the level of anxiety and

coping mechanism of selected patients undergoing surgery. And to assess the effects of anxiety
and effectiveness of their coping mechanism with regards to the improvement of their health
after operation and enhancing their ability to withstand and overcome post-op complications

DEFINITION OF TERMS:
1. Anxiety- is a multisystem response to a perceived threat or danger. It reflects a
combination of biochemical changes in the body, the patient's personal history and
memory, and the social situation
2. Hospitalization- the placing of a patient in a hospital for treatment.
3. Anesthetic Agent- Medication or drugs that can be injected with a needle or rubbed onto
and area to make it numb before a surgical procedure. Anesthesia drugs may also be
given by mouth, breathed in as a gas, or injected into a vein or muscle to make a patient
relaxed or unconscious.
4. Interventions- any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of
disease.
5. Coping mechanisms- any effort directed to stress management, including task-oriented
and ego defense mechanisms, the factors that enable an individual to regain emotional
equilibrium after a stressful experience. It may be an unconscious process.
6. Coping style- the cognitive, affective, or behavioral responses of a person to problematic
or traumatic life events.
7. Relaxation techniques- The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed
8. Ambulatory- walking or able to walk; not confined to bed.
9. Analgesia- the relief of pain without loss of consciousness.
10. Surgeon- a physician who specializes in surgery.
11. Surgery- the branch of medicine that treats diseases, injuries, and deformities by manual
or operative methods.
12. Pain- is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The
discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body.
13. Operation- any action performed with instruments or by the hands of a surgeon; a
surgical procedure.
14. Fear- the unpleasant emotional state consisting of psychological and
psychophysiological responses to a real external threat or danger, including agitation,
alertness, tension, and mobilization of the alarm reaction.
15. Cumulative effect- The state at which repeated administration of a drug may produce
effects that are more pronounced than those produced by the first dose.
16. Music therapy- is a technique of complementary medicine that uses music prescribed in
a skilled manner by trained therapists.
17. Stress- is defined as an organism's total response to environmental demands or pressures.
18. Patient- One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.