BEFORE THE OPERATION


What kind of person were you before the operation? Were you an active person who committed yourself to everybody and everything? Try to valuate your personality on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents a passive and phlegmatic personality and 5 represents a very active and committed personality.

Answer Value Numbers %
Passive, phlegmatic 1 1 1,1
  2 6 6,5
  3 17 18,5
  4 31 33,7
Active and committed 5 37 40,2



Did you exercise in any way (run, walk, ski, etc)?


Answer Numbers %
No, never 1 1,1
Yes, sometimes 30 31,6
Yes, regularly 64 67,4




How was your ability to rest before the operation? Were you able to lie awake completely calm just watching the roof or the sky?


Answer Numbers %
Yes, with no problems at all 23 24,2
Yes, rather easily 31 32,6
Yes, at least certain moments 24 25,3
No, not without some discomfort 10 10,5
No, not at all, must up and do something 7 7,4



Were you treated for any kind of symptoms or illness within a year before the operation?


Answer Numbers %
Yes 25 26,3
No 70 73,7



Bl.a: Tennis elbow - 3, Sweating - 2, Anxiety, depression - 7, Neck-, shoulder- or backpain - 4, Angina pectoris - 2, Myocarditis - 1


Were you, due to sickness, at any time within a year before the operation, absent from work or school for a longer period than 14 days?


Answer Numbers %
Yes 15 16,0
No 79 84,0




Were you, before the operation, regularly taking any antidepressive medication?


Answer Number %
Yes 11 11,7
No 83 88,3



Reported medicines: Anafranil, Efexor, Cipramil, Metadar, Klomipramin, Xeroxat


Did you, before the operation, use painkillers in average more than once a week?


Answer Numbers %
Yes 10 10,5
No 85 89,5




Did you, before the operation, take any tranquillizers in average more than once a week?


Answer Numbers %
Yes 5 5,3
No 89 94,7




Did you, before the operation, regularly take any other medication? If yes, which medicines?


Answer Numbers %
Yes 30 31,9
No 64 68,1



Some reported medications: Voltaren, Immodium, Follimin, Tenormin, Pankreon, Andapsin, Daonil, Citadon, Aposepam, Dexofen, Panodil, Östrogen, Nobligram, Brufen, Teldanex, Kredex, Inderal, Contraceptive pills.


Have you ever had any shocking experiences, i.e. accident, violence, abuse, etc., which you believe can have left emotional traces?


Answer Numbers %
Yes 17 18,1
No 77 81,9





Have you, at any time before the operation, been diagnosed as suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)?


Answer Numbers %
Yes 1 1,1
No 93 98,9






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