Table 4.

Preoperative responses on factors by patient’s sex

Concerns	Gender	n	Mean	SD	P
Anxiety about hospitalization
Feeling nervous in the hospital environment	Male	110	2.23	1.35	0.12
	Female	284	2.46	1.34
Afraid of the unknown	Male	110	2.08	1.27	0.00
	Female	282	2.91	1.44
Afraid of needles	Male	110	1.9	1.25	0.00
	Female	277	2.43	1.42
Afraid of being nude	Male	111	1.83	1.16	0.00
	Female	273	2.98	1.52
Pain
Waking up in the middle of the operation	Male	110	2.15	1.39	0.00
	Female	279	2.87	1.58
Feeling pain after the operation	Male	109	2.96	1.48	0.00
	Female	279	3.42	1.32
Not having medication in time to relieve your pain or discomfort	Male	107	2.24	1.34	0.00
	Female	271	2.72	1.49
Anesthesia Complications
Letting yourself fall into an unconscious state	Male	110	2.57	1.38	0.00
	Female	279	3.01	1.54
Disclosing personal matters involuntarily while under anesthesia	Male	109	2.23	1.42	0.00
	Female	274	2.82	1.58
Anesthesia affecting the clarity of your thoughts	Male	111	2.2	1.45	0.02
	Female	282	2.59	1.45
Anesthesia causing brain damage	Male	109	2.34	1.49	0.02
	Female	283	2.78	1.54
Anesthesia impairing your judgment	Male	109	2.17	1.44	0.16
	Female	285	2.39	1.46
Being asleep for a long time after the operation	Male	110	2.48	1.39	0.46
	Female	279	2.6	1.45
Afraid of death	Male	110	2.45	1.52	0.00
	Female	281	2.97	1.6
Having to stay in the ICU for a prolonged period	Male	109	2.73	1.52	0.02
	Female	279	3.12	1.43
Being nauseous after the operation	Male	111	2.2	1.28	0.00
	Female	283	2.65	1.39
Having a headache after the operation	Male	110	2.17	1.33	0.01
	Female	280	2.58	1.33
Becoming paralyzed because of the anesthesia	Male	108	2.62	1.56	0.01
	Female	281	3.06	1.57
Being unable to wake up from the anesthesia	Male	110	2.65	1.51	0.01
	Female	279	3.09	1.55
Anesthesiologist’s characteristics
The anesthesiologist’s bedside manner	Male	111	1.95	1.24	0.00
	Female	282	2.48	1.427
Whether the anesthesiologist will stay throughout the operation	Male	111	2.19	1.40	0.02
	Female	281	2.58	1.48
Having an anesthesiologist who is qualified	Male	111	2.96	1.48	0.05
	Female	283	3.28	1.47
Having an anesthesiologist with adequate experience	Male	111	2.98	1.56	0.02
	Female	282	3.39	1.49

ICU=Intensive care unit