Table 3.

The relationship between the descriptive and surgical characteristics of the patients and the fear of surgery scale

	SFQ-S	SFQ-L	SFQ total
Age groups	x̄ ± SD	x̄ ± SD	x̄ ± SD
18–44 years old	12.41 ± 11.49	11.48 ± 12.35	23.89 ± 22.19
45–64 years old	9.15 ± 10.24	7.62 ± 10.98	16.77 ± 18.93
65 years and older	7.61 ± 10.98	7.68 ± 11.67	15.29 ± 20.51
p*	0.020	0.051	0.018
Gender
Female	13.69 ± 11.83	10.92 ± 12.55	24.62 ± 21.99
Male	6.18 ± 8.74	6.68 ± 10.44	12.86 ± 17.43
p**	0.000	0.002	0.000
Surgical clinic
Orthopedics	9.50 ± 11.06	8.63 ± 11.38	18.13 ± 20.18
General surgery	9.00 ± 10.20	6.68 ± 10.23	15.68 ± 18.88
Brain surgery	11.11 ± 11.27	10.85 ± 12.18	21.95 ± 21.71
Urology	7.22 ± 10.37	6.60 ± 10.88	13.83 ± 19.69
Thoracic surgery	11.33 ± 11.98	11.63 ± 14.43	22.96 ± 23.28
p***	0.156	.045	.040
History of surgery
Yes	9.53 ± 10.86	8.68 ± 11.54	18.21 ± 20.19
No	9.34 ± 10.94	8.13 ± 11.82	17.47 ± 21.15
p**	0.897	0.729	0.790
Type of current surgery
Open surgery	10.09 ± 10.73	8.647 ± 11.45	18.76 ± 20.38
Laparoscopic	9.00 ± 10.98	8.45 ± 11.73	17.45 ± 20.43
p**	0.389	0.867	0.579
Classification of current surgery
Minor surgery	10.54 ± 11.32	8.96 ± 11.87	19.50 ± 20.98
Major surgery	8.47 ± 10.33	8.15 ± 11.33	16.62 ± 19.76
p****	0.089	0.628	0.172
Type of current anesthesia
General anesthesia	10.08 ± 11.05	9.19 ± 11.93	19.27 ± 20.88
Epidural anesthesia	4.73 ± 7.85	3.36 ± 6.34	8.09 ± 12.10
p****	0.005	0.007	0.001
Pre-operative pain
Yes	12.13 ± 12.12	10.47 ± 12.85	22.60 ± 22.98
No	7.76 ± 9.59	7.29 ± 10.52	15.04 ± 17.92
p**	0.001	0.025	0.003
Pre-operative pain intensity
Between 1 and 3	8.39 ± 9.96	7.49 ± 10.55	15.88 ± 18.30
Between 4 and 6	10.89 ± 12.23	9.72 ± 12.51	20.62 ± 23.46
Between 7 and 10	15.96 ± 13.08	15.11 ± 15.53	31.07 ± 25.68
p***	0.006	0.068	0.011

^*One-way ANOVA. **Independent sample t-test. ***Kruskal–Wallis test. ****Mann–Whitney U-test