Table 4.
Factors associated with total anxiety score at three time points
| Factors (n) | Median (IQR) | P* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male (282) | 8 (4-12) | 10 (5-16) | 10 (5-16) | 0.0011 |
| Female (218) | 12 (9-16) | 16 (11-16) | 16 (13-18) | |
| P† | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| >30 (298) | 10 (7-14) | 13 (7-16) | 14 (8-16) | 0.0001 |
| ≤30 (202) | 10 (7-15) | 14 (7-16) | 16 (10-16) | |
| P† | 0.864 | 0.136 | 0.335 | |
| Season | ||||
| Summer (125) | 10 (7-16) | 13 (7-16) | 16 (10-18) | 0.001 |
| Rainy (125) | 9 (7-16) | 14 (10-16) | 15 (10-16) | |
| Winter (125) | 11 (7-16) | 12 (7-16) | 13 (7-16) | |
| Spring (125) | 11 (4-16) | 16 (10-16) | 16 (10-16) | |
| P† | - | - | - | |
| ASA status | ||||
| Grade 1 (460) | 10 (7-14) | 13 (7-16) | 14 (9-16) | 0.001 |
| Grade 2 (40) | 10 (6-16) | 16 (7-16) | 16 (7-16) | |
| P† | 0.8199 | 0.523 | 0.875 | |
| Level of education | ||||
| Illiterate (185) | 10 (7-16) | 14 (8-16) | 16 (10-16) | 0.001 |
| Literate (315) | 10 (6-14) | 12 (7-16) | 13 (8-16) | |
| P† | 0.712 | 0.045 | 0.005 | |
| Habitat | ||||
| Rural (406) | 10 (7-15) | 13 (7-16) | 14 (9-16) | 0.89 |
| Urban (94) | 10 (7-14) | 12 (7-12) | 13 (9-16) | |
| P† | 0.765 | 0.889 | 0.955 | |
| Substance abuse | ||||
| Yes (153) | 8 (4-13) | 10 (5-16) | 11 (7-16) | 0.013 |
| No (347) | 10 (7-16) | 14 (10-16) | 16 (10-17) | |
| P† | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| History of previous surgery | ||||
| Yes (216) | 10 (7-16) | 13 (9-16) | 16 (10-16) | 0.044 |
| No (284) | 10 (7-14) | 12 (7-16) | 13 (8-16) | |
| P† | 0.170 | 0.165 | 0.046 | |
| Surgical order | ||||
| 1 (164) | 9 (6-14) | 13 (8-16) | 13 (9-16) | 0.001 |
| 2 (208) | 10 (7-16) | 13 (7-16) | 16 (10-16) | |
| 3 (102) | 10 (7-16) | 13 (7-16) | 13 (7-16) | |
| 4 (24) | 12 (8-16) | 16 (9-16) | 16 (10-19) | |
| 5 (2) | 9 (7-11) | 8 (4-11) | 8 (4-13) | |
*P: Friedman two-way analysis, †P: Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon U-test between two groups. ASA=American Society of Anesthesiologists, IQR=Interquartile range