Anxiety at outpatient hysteroscopy

Table 2 Measuring anxiety before outpatient hysteroscopy

Measurement	Scoring range	Author	Number	Age	Values
Patient interview	Yes or no	Cicinelli et al. 2007 [6]	533	n/a	65 %^a
VAS	1–10	Mc Gurgan et al. 2001 [38]	77	48^b	3.5–4^b
HADS-A	0–21	Wood et al. 2008 [36]	26	42.27^c	6.8^c
STAI-s	20–80	Dickson & Depares 2000 [24]	30	n/a	46.07^c
		Gupta et al. 2004 [29]	240	n/a	45^b
		Carta et al. 2012 [34]	94	48^b	41.5^b
		Angioli et al. 2014 [25]	356	56.05^c	39.45^c
		Kokanali et al. 2014 [5]	148	43.6^c	44.8^c
6-item STAI-s	20–80	Gupta et al. 2004 [29]	240	n/a	47.3^c
		Tarling et al. 2013 [35]	18	63^c	43.15^c

Values were obtained on the day of hysteroscopy in all studies except for two of them [35, 36] where patients were sent the questionnaire by post. HADS-A median score before laparoscopic tubal ligation, 4 (59 women) [37]; before hysterectomy, 7 (186 women) [22]. STAI-s median score before laparoscopic tubal ligation, 29 (59 women) [37]; before gynaecological surgery, 42 (45 women) [41]
^aPercentage of women answering “yes”
^bMedian score
^cMean score