| Predictors | Preoperative anxiety N (%) | CR | p-value | AOR | p-value | ||
| Yes, n = 20 | No, n = 149 | ||||||
| Age | Above 55 | 5 (25.0) | 57 (38.2) | Ref | - | Ref | - |
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| 18 - 35 | 3 (15.0) | 28 (18.8) | 0.819 | 0.794 | 1.301 | 0.775 |
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| 36 - 55 | 12 (60.0) | 64 (43.0) | 0.468 | 0.177 | 0.344 | 0.091 |
| Sex | Female | 10 (50.0) | 64 (40.0) | Ref | - | Ref | - |
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| Male | 10 (50.0) | 85 (57.0) | 1.32 | 0.552 | 1.0 | 0.989 |
| Marital status | Single/widow/divorce | 9 (45.0) | 42 (28.2) | Ref | - | Ref |
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| Married | 11 (55.0) | 107 (71.8) | 2.08 | 0.13 | 2.88 | 0.071 |
| Education | Above O/L sec. | 5 (25.0) | 31 (20.8) | Ref | - | Ref |
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| Below or O/L sec | 15 (75.0) | 118 (79.2) | 1.27 | 0.668 | 0.749 | 0.689 |
| Occupation | Not employed | 5 (25.0) | 21 (14.1) | Ref | - | Ref |
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| Employed | 15 (75.0) | 128 (85.9) | 2.03 | 0.212 | 1.81 | 0.349 |
| Ad. Category | Private insured | 4 (20.0) | 8 (5.4) | Ref | - | Ref |
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| Public | 8 (40.0) | 75 (50.3) | 4.68 | 0.031 | 7.44 | 0.019 |
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| Private cash paying | 8 (40.0) | 66 (44.3) | 4.13 | 0.048 | 5.60 | 0.032 |
| Religion | Christian | 8 (40.0) | 73 (49.0) | Ref | - | Ref | - |
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| Muslim | 12 (60.0) | 76 (51.0) | 0.69 | 0.451 | 0.706 | 0.510 |
| Surgical Unit | Urology | 7 (35.0) | 43 (28.9) | Ref | - | Ref |
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| G/surgery | 13 (65.0) | 106 (71.1) | 0.753 | 0.573 | 2.06 | 0.258 |
| History of surgery | No | 6 (30.0) | 56 (37.6) | Ref | - | Ref | - |
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| Yes | 14 (70.0) | 93 (62.4) | 0.712 | 0.510 | 0.89 | 0.835 |