title: Effects of sociodemographic factors and maternal anxiety on preoperative anxiety in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of sociodemographic factors and maternal anxiety levels on behaviour in children undergoing surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included children aged 3-12 years who were scheduled for surgery, and their respective mothers. Each mother completed a questionnaire concerning sociodemographic and economic characteristics. Maternal anxiety was assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) form Tx-1, following transfer of the child to the operating room. An anaesthesiologist rated preoperative anxiety in each child using the Frankl Behaviour Rating Scale (FBRS) and Venham Picture Test (VPT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred children (mean ± SD age 7 ± 2.7 years) who received dental (47%), plastic (39%) or urological (14%) surgery, and 100 mothers (mean ± SD age 34 ± 6.6 years) were included. A statistically significant difference between maternal STAI Tx-1 scores and children's VPT scores was revealed. There was no significant difference between maternal STAI Tx-1 scores and children's FBRS scores. Maternal education level and socioeconomic status had no effect on FBRS, VPT and STAI Tx-1 scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Maternal knowledge and experience of anaesthesia, and high levels of maternal anxiety, may be related to increased anxiety in children undergoing surgery.
authors: Department of Anaesthesia and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Esra
authors: E
authors: Cagiran
authors: Demet
authors: D
authors: Sergin
authors: Mustafa Nuri
authors: MN
authors: Deniz
authors: Burçak
authors: B
authors: Tanattı
authors: Neslihan
authors: N
authors: Emiroglu
authors: Isik
authors: I
authors: Alper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D057234:Preoperative Period; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000523:psychology; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Maternal anxiety; paediatric surgery; preoperative anxiety in children