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Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of factors associayted with preoperative anxiety among adult patients undergoing elective surgery at general hospital in Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 402)

From: Preoperative anxiety among adult patients undergoing elective surgery: a prospective survey at a general hospital in Ethiopia

Variables

Anxiety status

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95%CI)

P value

Yes

No

Gender

Female

78

96

1

1

 

Male

111

117

1.16 (.78, 1.7)

  

Age

18–30

54

81

1

1

 

31–45

64

82

1.11(.12, 9.80)

  

46–59

46

38

0.89(.18, 4.38)

  

> 60

25

12

0.90(.30,2.66)

  

Residency

Urban

97

116

1

1

 

Rural

92

97

1.13(.76,1.67)

  

Marital status

Single

28

56

1

1

 

Married

147

145

2.02(1.22,3.37)

1.44(.77, 2.7)

0.25

Divorced

11

1 0

2.20(.83,5.79)

1.57(0.53,4.7)

0.42

Widowed

3

2

3(0.47,19)

2.26(0.22, 23)

0.48

Proposed surgery

Major

160

181

1

1

 

Minor

29

32

0.975(.56, 1.68)

  

Social support

Poor

35

22

1

1

 

Moderate

123

84

5.49(2.8, 10.7)

0.84(0.44, 1.6)

0.616

Strong

31

107

5.05(3.10, 8.2)

0.16(.07, .34)

0.00*

Educational status

Illiterate

59

37

1

 

1

Primary

47

58

2.45(1.29, 4.6)

0.58(.31, 1.)

0.89

Secondary

57

78

1.24(.66, 2.33)

0.69(.36, 1.1)

0.25

>college

26

40

1.12(.61, 2.04)

0.59(.28, 1.21)

0.15

Surgical procedure

General

65

112

.72(.39, 1.32)

0.74(.37, 1.47)

0.39

Gynecology

45

38

1.46(.74, 2.90)

1.12(.5, 2.45)

0.77

Orthopedic

13

13

1.24(.48, 3.14)

2.8(1.18,6.9)

0.20

Urologic

41

19

2.67(1.25,5.70)

1.17(.42. 3.2)

0.78

Other

25

31

1

  

Previous surgery

Yes

12

201

0.27(0.075, .97)

  

No

3

186

1

  

Chronic medical illness

Yes

17

196

1.08(0.51, 2.26)

  

No

14

175

1

  

Substance use

Yes

5

208

5.4(.06, 45.68)

9.2(.95, 88.8)

.055

No

1

188

1

 

1

Family mental illness

Yes

3

210

4(.12, 128.5)

  

No

1

188

1

  
  1. *variable with P value less than 0.05(Significantly association)