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Table 3 Desire for anxiolytic medication

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

Desire for anxiolytic medication

Yes

[n (%)]

On request

[n (%)]

No

[n (%)]

Not reported

[n (%)]

All patients

(n = 1000)

356

(35.6)

239

(23.9)

389

(38.9)

16

(1.6)

Anxiety

(n = 493)

228

(46.2)

142

(28.8)

114

(23.1)

9

(1.8)

No anxiety(n = 507)

128

(25.2)

97

(19.1)

275

(54.2)

7

(1.4)