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This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Can induced anxiety from a negative earlier experience influence vascular surgeons’ statistical decision-making? A randomized field experiment with an abdominal aortic aneurysm analog. J Am Coll Surg 2006; 203: 642-652.

Published: 1st January 2006

Authors: Dale W, Hemmerich J, Ghini EA, Schwarze ML.

Conclusion

Eighty-one vascular surgeons attending a conference were randomly allocated to a group subjected to an anxiety-provoking challenge or a control group. Choices made about how to manage an expanding aneurysm were different in the two groups, suggesting that anxiety can influence decision-making.



 

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