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Table 6 Pre- and postoperative scores for state anxiety (STAI) and their associations with waiting time

From: Waiting for elective general surgery: impact on health related quality of life and psychosocial consequences

 

Varicose veins

Inguinal hernia

Gallstones

 

Preoperative

n = 175

Postoperative

n = 133

Preoperative

n = 200

Postoperative

n = 149

Preoperative

n = 124

Postoperative

n = 95

Mean

36.3

35.4*

35.4

32.3a*

40.6b,c

34.8*

SD

9.6

9.4

10.0

8.6

12.7

11.0

ML linear regression**

b

p

 

b

p

 

b

p

 

loge(waited time)

-1.88

0.15

 

3.54

0.012

 

2.73

0.27

 

log e (total waiting time)

0.16

0.92

 

-4.06

0.010

 

-2.22

0.41

 
  1. SD, standard deviation; ML, multilevel,;p, p-value
  2. * significant difference between pre- and postoperative scores (paired t-test, p < 0.05).
  3. **The results of the multilevel regression analysis were corrected for age, sex, and an in- or outpatient basis of surgery if significant.
  4. a significant difference between varicose veins and inguinal hernia (t-test, p < 0.05).
  5. b significant difference between varicose veins and gallstones (t-test, p < 0.05).
  6. c significant difference between inguinal hernia and gallstones (t-test, p < 0.05).
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