Preoperative anxiety among patients and its correlation with their personality type and pain: A cross-sectional study

Table 8 Logistics regression predicting preoperative anxiety based on pain and personality traits

Predictor variable	B	SE	Wald	P value	OR [Exp(B)]
VAS (continuous)	-0.004	0.004	1.262	0.261	0.996
Conscientiousness	-	-	1.442	0.486	-
Moderate vs low	-1.176	1.089	1.165	0.280	0.309
High vs low	-1.279	1.089	1.377	0.241	0.278
Agreeableness	-	-	1.301	0.522	-
Moderate vs low	0.118	0.403	0.085	0.770	1.125
High vs low	0.374	0.409	0.835	0.361	1.454
Emotional stability	-	-	7.212	0.027a
Moderate vs low	0.220	0.402	0.298	0.585	1.246
High vs low	1.083	0.500	4.698	0.030a	2.953
Openness	-	-	0.809	0.667	-
Moderate vs low	-0.196	0.259	0.575	0.448	0.822
High vs low	0.106	0.478	0.049	0.825	1.111
Extraversion	-	-	1.674	0.433	-
Moderate vs low	0.535	0.441	1.474	0.225	1.708
High vs low	0.320	0.606	0.279	0.597	1.377
Constant	1.444	1.188	1.476	0.224	4.236

^aP < 0.05, association is significant.

VAS: Visual Analog Scale; OR: Odds ratio; SE: Standard error; Exp: Exponentiated coefficient; B: Unstandardized regression coefficient.