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Table 6.

The relationship between the type of surgery and the STAI score.

	STAI score, mean ± SD (median min−max)	High anxiety/Low anxiety (n)	p-values
General surgery	42.12 ± 16.13	111/182	< 0.001^a
	37 (20−80)
Neurosurgery	38.72 ± 13.91	25/51	< 0.001^a
	36 (20−70)
Cardiovascular surgery	40.19 ± 14.26	9/12	0.513^a
	30 (21−66)
Ear-nose-throat surgery	38.22 ± 14.92	42/115	< 0.001^a
	36 (20−80)
Orthopedy	42.51 ± 14.34	42/60	0.075^a
	41 (20−74)
Plastic and reconstructive surgery	41.2 ± 13.62	22/39	0.030^a
	38 (21−72)
Urology surgery	41.55 ± 11.71	28/46	0.036^a
	39 (26−76)
Ophthalmology	33.13 ± 9.36	1/7	0.034^a
	27 (27−52)
Obstetrics and ginecology	46.86 ± 7.45	6/1	0.059^a
	50 (30−50)

Chi-Square godness of fit test for number of high/low anxiety patients; the STAI values were given as mean ± standart deviation and median (min−max); STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.