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Table 2 APAIS and NRS anxiety scores

From: Patients’ desires for anxiolytic premedication – an observational study in adults undergoing elective surgery

Scale

All patients

[M (SD)]

No anxiety

[M (SD)]

Anxiety

[M (SD)]

APAIS-A-Su (range 2 -10)

5.1 (2.3)

3.7 (1.6)

6.5 (2.0)

APAIS-A-An (range 2 -10)

4.1 (2.0)

3.0 (1.1)

5.2 (2.0)

APAIS-A-T (range 4 -20)

9.2 (3.8)

6.7 (2.4)

11.7 (3.2)

NRS-A-Su (range 0-10)

3.6 (2.9)

1.5 (1.7)

5.6 (2.5)

NRS-A-An (range 0-10)

2.9 (2.7)

1.1 (1.4)

4.6 (2.6)

NRS-A-T (range 4-20)

6.4 (5.2)

2.7 (2.9)

10.3 (4.2)