Table 6.

Differences in anxiety scores between men and women.

Questionnaires	Baseline			Follow-Up
	Male (N = 82)	Female (N = 18)	p-Value	Male (N = 82)	Female (N = 18)	p-Value
STAI (State–Trait Anxiety Inventory)
State Anxiety score (20–80)	37.24 ± 9.49	45.61 ± 10.00	0.01	39.09 ± 10.55	44.39 ± 10.07	0.04
Trait Anxiety score (20–80)	29.26 ± 6.34	36.44 ± 13.45	0.09	28.85 ± 6.45	34.61 ± 10.49	0.03
APAIS (Amsterdam Pre-Operative Anxiety and Information scale)
Anxiety score (4–20)	5.0 (3.0)	8.56 ± 3.01	0.01	5.0 (3.0)	8.50 ± 2.94	<0.01
Need for information score (2–10)	5.27 ± 2.53	5.39 ± 2.40	0.67	4.90 ± 2.47	4.94 ± 2.07	0.55

Data are mean ± standard deviation or median with interquartile range (IQR). Reported p-values represent results from Mann–Whitney U-testing.