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The study aimed to determine the level of preoperative anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic; in addition, the authors compared it to the preoperative anxiety of a population screened in a previous study conducted in the center to investigate if there is any difference between pre-pandemic and pandemic times. Previous studies confirmed the result that age does not significantly affect preoperative anxiety, even during the COVID-19 pandemic; only older patients showed a significantly higher level of perioperative anxiety measured by APAIS during the pandemic, maybe because they felt to be a more . . .
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