Table 3.

Summary of the influence of sex, duration of hospital stay and prior anaesthetic experience on reduction of anxiety score

	Change in score	95% CI	Difference in change in score (95% CI)	P-value for the difference in change in score
Sex
Male	1.84	0.69 – 3.00	−0.45 (−1.64 to 0.73)	0.45
Female	1.36	0.80 – 1.99
Duration of stay
Day	1.57	0.47 – 2.67	0.09 (−1.08 to 1.25)	0.88
In patient	1.49	0.88 – 2.09
Prior experience anaesthetic
Yes	1.37	0.59 – 2.15	0.30 (−0.74 to 1.33)	0.57
No	1.67	0.96 – 2.38