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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the patient’s self-rating anxiety and hospital choice behavior

From: The patient’s anxiety before seeing a doctor and her/his hospital choice behavior in China

Variables

Mean

Standard deviation

Min

Max

Anxiousness

3.027

0.532

1

4

Fear

3.012

0.557

1

4

Panic

2.715

0.528

1

4

Mental disintegration

2.478

0.560

1

4

Apprehension

2.705

0.482

1

4

Tremor

1.844

0.518

1

4

Body ache & pain

2.229

0.572

1

4

Easy fatigability & weakness

3.042

0.515

1

4

Restlessness

2.890

0.470

1

4

Palpitation

3.035

0.515

1

4

Dizziness

3.018

0.521

1

4

Faintness

3.013

0.516

1

4

Dyspnea

2.103

0.484

1

4

Paresthesia

1.574

0.522

1

4

Nausea & vomiting

1.643

0.477

1

4

Urinary frequency

2.553

0.502

1

4

Sweating

2.583

0.518

1

4

Facial flushing

2.779

0.434

1

4

Insomnia

3.022

0.518

1

4

Nightmare

3.015

0.572

1

4

Total average scoring of SAS

2.614

0.116

1

4

The patient’s hospital choice behavior

3.153

0.893

0

4