Anxiety disorders during the preoperative period: A- -- -11

,p > 0.05). The mean State Anxiety score was 41.53 ± 14.35 and the mean Trait Anxiety score was 39.97 ± 10.71. The overall Anxiety scoreof the scale was 81.5 ± 22.54 with a 24% of the patients presenting pathologic values. The anxiety scores were not significantly differentaccording to the type of surgery or the ASA physical status of the patient (ANOVA, p > 0.05). Females had higher State anxiety scores thanmales (47.45 against 34.94: t‐test, p 0.05).High positive correlation was found between State and Trait Anxiety pathologic scores (Pearson Correlation, p < 0.01).