Research Article
Preoperative Anxiety in Greek Children and Their Parents When Presenting for Routine Surgery
Table 1
Demographics of the study participants and their parents.
| | Number of patients | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | | | Boys | 110 | 85.9 | Girls | 18 | 14.1 | Age (years; mean ± SD) | 5.61 ± 3.64 | | Number of children in the family | | | 1 child | 45 | 35.2 | 2 children | 53 | 41.4 | More than 2 children | 30 | 23.4 | Birth order | | | 1st | 60 | 46.9 | 2nd | 54 | 42.2 | 3rd or higher | 14 | 10.9 | Place of residence | | | Rural | 98 | 76.6 | Urban | 30 | 23.4 | Previous hospitalization | | | No | 85 | 66.4 | Yes | 43 | 33.6 | Parents’ gender | | | Males | 21 | 16.4 | Females | 107 | 83.6 | Age of the parent (years; mean ± SD) | 34.20 ± 5.91 | | Parents’ education level | | | Low | 27 | 21.1 | Medium | 63 | 49.2 | High | 38 | 29.7 | Premedication | | | No | 64 | 50.0 | Yes | 64 | 50.0 | Anxiety of the child in the waiting room (m-YPAS; mean ± SD) | 38.52 ± 9.59 | | Trait anxiety of the parent (STAI Y-2; mean ± SD) | 47.02 ± 4.53 | | State anxiety of the parent (STAI Y-1; mean ± SD) | 49.66 ± 6.19 | |
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