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Table 6 Association between age groups, and sex of children in both study groups to anxiety at induction of anaesthesia

From: Effect of parental presence on anxiety during induction of anaesthesia in children undergoing elective day case surgery

Variable

PPIA

Parental absence

P value

Anxious

Not anxious

Anxious

Not anxious

Age

 2–6

 7–15

N (%)

22 (78.6)

17 (77.3)

N (%)

6 (21.4)

5 (22.7)

N (%)

29 (100)

14 (66.7)

N(%)

0 (0)

7 (33.3)

0.025

Sex

 Male

 Female

29 (76.3)

10 (83.3)

2 (16.7)

9 (23.7)

32 (82.1)

11 (100)

7 (17.9)

0 (0)

0.189