The purpose of this study is to determine whether eating solid food prior to undergoing a wide awake local-only no tourniquet (WALANT) procedure reduces anxiety in patients or has any effect on outcomes. Patients will be split randomly into two groups and told whether to eat or fast before their procedure. We will then compare levels of anxiety and nausea on the day of the procedure as well as satisfaction with the procedure and other outcome measures at follow-up visits. Our hypothesis is that patients who are instructed to eat before their WALANT procedure will have less anxiety, nausea, and overall higher satisfaction compared to those who are instructed to fast prior to their procedure.
Patients undergoing wide-awake, local anesthetic-only, no-tourniquet (WALANT) procedures with the lead researcher.
Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes or allergy to local anesthesia, < 18 years of age, patients unable to follow up.
Parallel
Non-fasting
Other interventionInstructing patients to eat before their local-only procedure
Fasting
Other interventionInstructing patients to fast before their local-only procedure
Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Score
Measure of anxiety
Heart rate
Measure of heart rate
Blood pressure
Measure of blood pressure
Hunger scale
Visual analog scale of hunger (0-10, 10 being more hunger)
Thirst scale
Visual analog scale of thirst (0-10, 10 being more thirst)
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