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Table 4 Preferred time of premedication

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

 

All patients

(n = 356)

Anxiety

(n = 228)

No anxiety

(n = 128)

Morning

111 (31.2)

75 (32.9)

36 (28.1)

On call

69 (19.4)

33 (14.5) a

36 (28.1) a

Evening and morning

51 (14.3)

35 (15.4)

16 (12.5)

Evening

48 (13.5)

30 (13.2)

18 (14.1)

Evening, morning and on call

32 (9.0)

26 (11.4)

6 (4.7)

Morning and on call

29 (8.1)

21 (9.2)

8 (6.3)

Evening and on call

15 (4.2)

8 (3.5)

7 (5.5)

Missing data

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.8)