Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children under Anesthesia: The Relationship between the Degree of Information Provided to Parents and Parents’ Anxiety Scores
Table 2
The parents’ parameters.
Group I
Group II
Age (year)
0.70
Gender
Male (%)
31 (46.3)
36 (53.7)
0.49
Female (%)
41 (51.9)
38 (48.1)
State anxiety score
0.003
Former anesthesia experience
Yes () STAI
(5)
(7)
0.58
No () STAI
(67)
(67)
The state anxiety scores according to the scanned body region
Brain () STAI
(35)
(40)
0.30
Columna vertebralis () STAI
(20)
(21)
0.16
The state anxiety scores according to educational level
Primary school () STAI
(23)
(28)
0.048
Junior-senior high () STAI
(38)
(33)
0.050
University () STAI
(11)
(13)
0.381
The data are presented as mean ± SD. : number; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
*Significant within the group.
