Although anesthesia and surgery have become
safer and more successful than before, preoperative
anxiety is still a common problem.4 Preoperative patients
have various types of anxieties.5 The degree to
which each patient manifests anxiety about the future
events depends on many factors These include age,
gender, type and extent of the proposed surgery, previous
surgical experience, and personal susceptibility to
stressful situations.6 Many studies had shown that female
patients experiences more anxiety as compared
to males,5,7 but some other studies do not support these
finding.8-10 Reviewing the published national literature
the authors were unable to find any data about this
important issue however other aspects of preoperative
anxiety were addressed.