The instrument consists of 6 statements related to the patient's anxiety or concern about undergoing anesthesia.
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Response
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Points
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not at all
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1
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a little bit
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2
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somewhat
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3
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a lot
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4
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extremely
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5
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subscale for anesthesia-related anxiety =
= SUM(points for items 1 and 2)
subscale for surgery-related anxiety =
= SUM(points for items 4 and 5)
subscale for information desire =
= SUM(points for items 3 and 6)
combined anxiety component =
= SUM(points for items 1, 2, 4 and 5)
Interpretation:
• minimum subscale scores: 2
• minimum combined anxiety component: 4
• maximum subscale scores: 10
• maximum combined anxiety component: 20
• The higher the scores the greater the degree of anxiety or need for additional information.
Performance:
• The Cronbach alpha for the combined anxiety component was 0.84 and for the information desire was 0.77.
