Table 1.

Comparison of the Mean Scores of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire and the Coronavirus Fear (COVID-19) Scale According to the Individual Variables of the Patients (N = 103)

Variables	n (%)	Surgical Fear Questionnaire (Mean ± SD)	Statistical Value	Fear of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Scale (Mean ± SD)	Statistical Value
		26.9 ± 20.5		18.2 ± 7.5
Sex
Female	33 (32.0)	29.8 ± 19.8	P = .314	19.6 ± 7.5	P = .189
Male	70 (68.0)	25.6 ± 20.8	U = 980.500	17.6 ± 7.5	U = 969.500
Education level
Primary school	73 (70.9)	26.5 ± 21.0	P = .774	19.3 ± 7.7	P = .048
High school	16 (15.5)	27.8 ± 20.1	KW = 0.083	14.6 ± 6.0	KW=6.090
University	14 (13.6)	28.1 ± 19.4		16.5 ± 7.0	P1-2 = .021
Comorbidity
Yes	51 (49.5)	30.8 ± 20.6	P = .043	19.4 ± 7.3	P = .097
No	52 (50.5)	23.2 ± 19.8	U = 998.000	17.0 ± 7.6	U = 1075.000
Smoking status
Yes	18 (17.5)	34.7 ± 23.3	P = .106	18.5±8.9	P = .865
No	85 (82.5)	25.2 ± 19.6	U = 572.000	18.1 ± 7.3	U = 745.500
Surgery to be performed
Thoracic	81 (78.7)	27.0 ± 20.5	P = .980	17.9 ± 7.5	P = .451
Cardiovascular	22 (21.3)	26.6 ± 20.8	U = 877.000	19.3 ± 7.7	U = 797.500
Pain
Yes	63 (61.2)	19.6 ± 7.5	P = .852	19.6 ± 7.5	P = .691
No	40 (38.8)	17.6 ± 7.5	U = 1201.500	17.6 ± 7.5	U = 1201.500
Sources of information about COVID-19
Mass media	86 (83.5)	29.6 ± 20.2	P = .523	19.1 ± 7.6	P = .775
Others	17 (16.5)	27.5 ± 22.1	U = 293.500	18.5 ± 7.6	U = 323.000
COVID-19 infection status
Yes	8 (7.8)	20.6 ± 13.1	P = .485	21.0 ± 8.0	P = .246
No	95 (92.2)	27.5 ± 20.9	U = 320.000	18.0 ± 7.5	U = 286.000
COVID-19 Vaccination status
Yes	92 (89.3)	27.3 ± 20.6	P = .571	18.4 ± 7.7	P = .401
No	11 (10.7)	23.9 ± 20.0	U = 448.000	16.4 ± 5.2	U = 427.500
Age (in years)	57.8 ± 14.0 (19-82)	P = .778		P = .796
		rs = -0.028		rs=0.026

U, Mann Whitney U test; KW, Kruskal Wallis H test; r^s, Spearman correlation analysis