Table 2.

Characteristics of the respondents

Characteristics	Male	Female	Total
Respondents, no. (%)	58 (53)	51 (47)	109 (100)
Age in years, median (Q1–Q3)	64 (53–72)	57 (50–66)	62 (50–68)
Physical status
ASA I, no. (%)	2 (3)	3 (6)	5 (5)
ASA II, no. (%)	32 (55)	35 (69)	67 (61)
ASA III, no. (%)	24 (41)	13 (25)	37 (34)
Education
None, no. (%)	1 (2)	0 (0)	1 (1)
Basic, no. (%)	26 (45)	21 (41)	47 (43)
Secondary, no. (%)	21 (36)	14 (27)	35 (32)
Tertiary, no. (%)	10 (17)	16 (31)	26 (24)
Work situation
Employed, no. (%)	24 (41)	25 (49)	49 (45)
Unemployed, no. (%)	4 (7)	9 (18)	13 (12)
Retired, no. (%)	30 (52)	17 (33)	47 (43)
Marital status
Single, no. (%)	10 (17)	6 (12)	16 (15)
Married, no. (%)	41 (71)	34 (67)	75 (69)
Divorced, no. (%)	4 (7)	5 (10)	9 (8)
Widowed, no. (%)	3 (5)	6 (12)	9 (8)
Previous anesthesia, no. (%)	47 (81)	44 (86)	91 (83)
Previous surgery, no. (%)	38 (66)	39 (76)	77 (71)
Regular use of anxiolytics, no. (%)	4 (7)	8 (16)	12 (11)
Type of surgery
General, no. (%)	40 (69)	29 (57)	69 (63)
Gynecologic, no. (%)	–	19 (37)	19 (17)
Urologic, no. (%)	18 (31)	3 (6)	21 (19)
Waiting time for surgery
< 1 month, no. (%)	10 (17)	18 (35)	28 (26)
1–3 months, no. (%)	26 (45)	29 (57)	55 (50)
3–6 months, no. (%)	12 (21)	3 (6)	15 (14)
> 6 months, no. (%)	10 (17)	1 (2)	11 (10)