Abstract
Background: Preoperative anxiety is a frequent emotional response before surgery, influenced by factors such as age, gender, prior surgical experience, and the type and extent of the procedure. It can adversely affect anesthetic and surgical outcomes.
Methods: The study design used for this research is a descriptive cross-sectional study included 384 adult surgical patients. STAI questionnaire a study tool. STAI scores of 20 to 37 have No or Low Anxiety, 38 to 44 have Moderate Anxiety and 40 to 80 have high Anxiety. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 29.0 was used to enter and analyze all of the data that was gathered. Quantitative factors like age were subjected to descriptive statistics, such as mean and standard deviation
Results: Out of 384 Participants including 173 (45.1%) were Male, 211 (54.9%) were female with valid percent of (45.1%) and (54.9%) respectively. Age of participants was ranged between 18 to 65 years with a mean 34.22 and SD deviation is13.735. Percentages of Patients’ anxiety levels were calculated where 12% has no or low anxiety, 48.7% have moderate anxiety and 39.3% have very high anxiety.
Conclusion:
The anxiety level of patients varies from mild to moderate and high. Different factors like gender, level of education of the participants and type of surgery affect the level of anxiety. Female gender, younger age and higher educational status were positively correlated.