Table 1.
Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Elective surgery at Dilla University Referral Hospital.
| Variables | Anxiety |
Total | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | ||||
| Age in years | 36.32 ± 14.71 | 39.85 ± 16.66 | 0.11 | ||
| Sex | Male | 29 (13.9%) | 25(12%) | 54(25.9%) | 0.53 |
| Female | 75(36.1%) | 79(38.0%) | 154(74.1%) | ||
| Religion | Protestant | 52(25%) | 54(26%) | 106(51%) | 0.19 |
| Orthodox | 34(16.3%) | 39(18.8%) | 73(35.1%) | ||
| Muslim | 14(6.7%) | 11(5.3%) | 25(12%) | ||
| Others | 4(1.9%) | 0 | 4(1.9%) | ||
| Residency | Rural | 43(20.1%) | 48(23.1%) | 91(43.8%) | 0.48 |
| Urban | 61(29.3%) | 58(26.9%) | 117(56.2%) | ||
| Educational status | Illiterate | 28(13.5%) | 32(15.3%) | 60(28.8%) | 0.08 |
| Primary | 25(12%) | 33(15.9%) | 58(27.9%) | ||
| Secondary | 34(16.3%) | 18(8.7%) | 52(25%) | ||
| College and above | 17(8.2%) | 21(10.1%) | 38(18.3%) | ||
| Previous surgery | Yes | 41(19.7%) | 33(15.9%) | 74(35.6%) | 0.25 |
| No | 63(30.3%) | 71(34.1%) | 134(64.4%) | ||
| ASA status | ASA 1 | 43(20.7%) | 39(18.8%) | 82(39.4%) | 0.33 |
| ASA 2 | 61(29.3%) | 63(30.3%) | 124(59.6%) | ||
| ASA 3 | 0 | 2(1%) | 2(1%) | ||
Hint: -Value is presented as Mean ± standard deviation: student T-test, Number (%): chi-square test and p < 0.05 is statistically significant.