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. 2025 Jul 28;25:377. doi: 10.1186/s12905-025-03930-w

Table 3.

Psychiatric and psychological profile comparison between ASA negative and ASA positive groups

Variable ASA Negative (n = 81) ASA Positive (n = 33) p-value
Psychiatric illness in the family 31 (38.3%) 12 (36.4%) 0.849 γ
Anxiety about the future 24.59 ± 6.72 26.58 ± 5.48 0.136 α
Inhibitory anxiety 16.43 ± 4.61 20.70 ± 1.42 0.001 α
IUS Total 42.00 (17.00–60.00) 48.00 (37.00–54.00) 0.004 β
Depression 7.65 ± 2.71 11.24 ± 2.12 0.001 α
Anxiety 8.30 ± 3.05 14.33 ± 1.29 0.001 α
Stress 8.12 ± 2.38 11.91 ± 1.33 0.001 α
ASA Score 13.00 (4.00–24.00) 40.00 (27.00–72.00) 0.001 β

α Independent t-test (mean ± SD), β Mann-Whitney U test [median (min-max)], γ chi-square test n (%). IUS: intolerance of uncertainty scale, ASA: adult separation anxiety