This clinical trial tests how well guided meditation, compared to silence, works to reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing cancer-directed surgery. Pre-operative anxiety affects patient experience and has been found to be a predictor of severe post-operative pain and chronic pain after surgery, influencing the success and quality of a patient's recovery. While medication is often prescribed to improve anxiety symptoms, research has showed that mindfulness techniques can be used to decrease anxiety, improve comfort, and can impact both psychological and physiologic symptoms. Completing pre-operative guided meditation may work well to reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing cancer directive surgery.
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Pre-operative anxiety (PROMIS Anxiety scale)
Timeframe: Pre and post intervention, approximately 10 minutes
Pre-operative anxiety (single-item visual analog scale)
Timeframe: Pre and post intervention, approximately 10 minutes
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center