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

Table 3

Multivariate analysis for STAI-state and m-YPAS anxiety scores.

	Unstandardized b coefficient	Standard error	Unstandardized beta coefficient	t	value
STAI-state anxiety
Constant	31.926	2.888	—	11.055	<0.001
Girls	3.471	1.311	0.196	2.647	0.008
Child’s age >5 years	2.133	0.931	0.173	2.291	0.024
Living in rural areas	4.209	1.071	0.289	3.930	<0.001
Mothers	2.414	1.198	0.145	2.015	0.046
Low or high education level	2.044	0.939	0.166	2.178	0.031
Without premedication	2.410	0.878	0.195	2.744	0.007
High STAI-trait anxiety score	2.768	0.919	0.224	3.013	0.003
m-YPAS
Constant	31.059	1.420	—	21.873	<0.001
High STAI-state anxiety score	7.029	1.537	0.366	4.572	<0.001
Without premedication	3.806	1.532	0.199	2.484	0.014
Previous hospitalization	3.739	1.579	0.185	2.368	0.019
Only child in the family	3.163	1.560	0.158	2.028	0.045