Table 3 APAIS Scale distributions
From: Evaluation of preoperative anxiety and fear of anesthesia using APAIS score
Not at all | Slightly | Moderately | Very | Extremely | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
1. I am worried about the anesthesic | 278 | 55.8 | 118 | 23.6 | 28 | 5.6 | 45 | 9.0 | 30 | 6.0 |
2. The anesthesic is on my mind continually | 395 | 79.2 | 58 | 11.6 | 16 | 3.2 | 21 | 4.2 | 9 | 1.8 |
3. I would like to know as much as possible about the anesthesic | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 2.4 | 95 | 19.0 | 224 | 44.9 | 140 | 28.1 |
4. Am worried about the procedure | 261 | 52.3 | 99 | 19.8 | 55 | 11.1 | 48 | 9.6 | 36 | 7.2 |
5. The procedure is on my mind continually | 362 | 72.5 | 73 | 14.7 | 26 | 5.2 | 21 | 4.2 | 17 | 3.4 |
6. I would like to know as much as possible about the procedure | 34 | 6.8 | 17 | 3.4 | 76 | 15.2 | 221 | 44.3 | 151 | 30.3 |