A Comparison of Preoperative Anxiety in Female Patients with Mothers of Children Undergoing Surgery

In Brief We compared anxiety in mothers of children undergoing ambulatory surgery with female patients undergoing surgery themselves. We found that mothers were as anxious as patients undergoing major abdominal surgery and more anxious than patients undergoing minor surgery. Predictors of maternal anxiety were child age and maternal monitoring coping. IMPLICATIONS: Mothers of children undergoing surgery are more anxious than women undergoing minor surgery themselves. Predictors of maternal anxiety include child age and maternal monitoring coping.