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Table 5 Detailed responses of the patients on the STAIS-5/STAIT-5 items

From: Prevalence of preoperative anxiety among hospitalized patients in a developing country: a study of associated factors

   

Not at all

Somewhat

Moderately

Very much

 

#

Item

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

STAIS-5

1

I feel upset

91

32.5

92

32.9

63

22.5

34

12.1

2

I feel frightened

140

50.0

66

23.6

41

14.6

33

11.8

3

I feel nervous

94

33.6

91

32.5

55

19.6

40

14.3

4

I am jittery

132

47.1

73

26.1

41

14.6

34

12.1

5

I feel confused

130

46.4

71

25.4

41

14.6

38

13.6

STAIT-5

1

I feel that difficulties are piling up so that I cannot overcome them

107

38.2

88

31.4

54

19.3

31

11.1

2

I worry too much over something that really doesn't matter

122

43.6

69

24.6

49

17.5

40

14.3

3

Some unimportant thoughts run through my mind and bothers me

93

33.2

83

29.6

52

18.6

52

18.6

4

I take disappointments so keenly that I can't put them out of my mind

156

55.7

53

18.9

30

10.7

41

14.6

5

I get in a state of tension or turmoil as I think over my recent concerns and interests

101

36.1

79

28.2

58

20.7

42

15.0