Preoperative Anxiety in Greek Children and Their Parents When Presenting for Routine Surgery

Table 2

State anxiety of the parent (STAI Y-1) in relation to demographics of the study participants and their parents.

	STAI Y-1	value	m-YPAS	value
Sex		0.004		0.198
Boys	49.03 ± 6.08		38.07 ± 9.67
Girls	53.50 ± 5.59		41.22 ± 8.90
Age		0.001		0.660
≤5 years	51.38 ± 5.44		38.14 ± 9.35
>5 years	47.94 ± 6.46		38.89 ± 9.89
Number of children in the family		0.844		0.096
1 child	49.71 ± 7.55		40.29 ± 12.60
2 children	49.92 ± 5.31		38.75 ± 7.93
More than 2 children	49.10 ± 5.52		35.43 ± 5.86
Birth order		0.669		0.785
1st	49.17 ± 7.01		38.43 ± 10.70
2nd	49.96 ± 5.83		39.00 ± 9.15
3rd or higher	50.57 ± 3.23		37.00 ± 5.87
Place of residence		<0.001		0.009
Urban	48.33 ± 5.40		37.14 ± 8.86
Rural	54.00 ± 6.71		43.00 ± 10.64
Previous hospitalization		0.512		0.051
No	49.40 ± 6.46		37.40 ± 9.99
Yes	50.16 ± 5.66		40.72 ± 8.41
Parents’ gender		0.019		0.102
Males	46.76 ± 4.94		35.38 ± 10.47
Females	50.22 ± 6.27		39.13 ± 9.34
Age of the parent		0.015		0.270
≤35 years	50.98 ± 6.59		39.45 ± 9.97
>35 years	48.33 ± 5.50		37.58 ± 9.18
Parents’ education level		0.007		0.358
Low	51.56 ± 7.06		36.30 ± 7.61
Medium	47.94 ± 5.86		38.75 ± 9.36
High	51.16 ± 5.39		39.71 ± 9.49
Premedication		0.001		0.001
No	51.52 ± 6.22		41.23 ± 10.21
Yes	47.80 ± 5.62		35.80 ± 8.14
STAI-trait anxiety status		<0.001		0.001
Low (≤median value)	47.34 ± 5.04		35.68 ± 7.86
High (>median value)	52.05 ± 6.39		41.44 ± 10.37
STAI-state anxiety status				<0.001
Low (≤median value)	—		34.89 ± 8.71
High (>median value)	—		42.90 ± 8.80