Patients undergoing surgery commonly experience anxiety. There were no significant fluctuations in SFQ score in relation to critical COVID-19 events. The mSFQ demonstrated higher fear scores for both procedures and surgery (mSFQ, 20.57 ± 20.55 for procedures 28.78 ± 28.51 for surgery). Compared with historic data, our hysterectomy patients had less surgical fear. Furthermore, 72.5% of surgical procedures were for urogynecologic indications.įear levels were low and not different in patients undergoing procedures versus surgery (12.38 ± 12.44 vs 12.03 ± 16.01, P = 0.958). The most common elective surgical procedure was hysterectomy (n = 59 ). The most common procedure was urodynamics (n = 59 ). Participants were separated into subgroups determined by the timing of questionnaire completion related to phases of the pandemic. A total of 209 patients undergoing 107 procedures or 102 surgical procedures completed the questionnaire.
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