Skip to main content

Table 3 Scales scoring (n = 109)

From: Validation of the Portuguese version of Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)

Scales and items

Scores, mean (SD)

APAIS

Item 1

3.15 (1.55)

Anxiety about anesthesia

5.49 (2.82)

Anxiety

12.82 (4.68)

Item 2

2.34 (1.52)

Item 4

3.99 (1.37)

Anxiety about surgery

7.33 (2.53)

Item 5

3.34 (1.45)

Item 3

3.48 (1.42)

 

Desire for information

7.33 (2.29)

Item 6

3.85 (1.36)

STAI

Anxiety-state (Y1)

42.10 (10.59)

  

HADS

Anxiety (A)

6. 37 (3.99)

  

Depression (D)

4.07 (3.67)