The Roles Of Educational Attainment And Type Of Illness On Pre-Surgery (State) Anxiety

This study examined the effects of educational attainment and type of illness on pre-surgery (state) anxiety. The participants (N=100) for the study aged between 20 and 50 years, were pre-surgical patients randomly selected from hospitals in Uyo Metropolis. The Spielberger (1985) State Anxiety Inventory was used as the instrument in this study. A 2 x 2 factorial design was adopted and a 2-way statistical Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the data showed that the hypothesis which predicted a statistically significant difference in pre-surgery (state) anxiety between patients with low and high educational attainment was supported F(1,96) = 283.48, P