Psychology of Surgery Lecture Powerpoint

Question 1

Nosocomephobia

Answer 1

Fear of hospitals

Question 2

Tomophobia

Answer 2

Fear of surgery or surgical operations

Question 3

Pharmacophobia

Answer 3

Fear of medicine

Question 4

Patients who receive psych prep prior to surgery see these 4 things

Answer 4

• sooner discharge
• decreased complication
• better pain control
• heal faster

Question 5

Psychological factors affecting other medical condition

Answer 5

A type of somatic symptom disorder that is seen when when a general medical condition is adversely affected by psychological or behavioral factors; the factors may precipitate or exacerbate the medical condition, interfere with treatment, or contribute to morbidity, etc.

Question 6

Factitious disorder

Answer 6

mental disorder in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when, in fact, he or she has consciously created the symptoms, Patients adopting physical symptoms for unconscious internal gain (patient desires to take on role of being sick but not external financial or legal benefit like with malingering)

Question 7

Basic factors affecting operative risk (5)

Answer 7

• age >70
• overall physical status
• elective vs emergency operation
• physiologic invasiveness extent of procedure
• number of associated illness

Question 8

How can we improve surgical outcomes?

Answer 8

-education!!!

Question 9

Effect of faith on healing (3)

Answer 9

• enhancement of relaxation and immune functioning
• receipt of social support
• avoidance of risky behavior