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