[Comparison of anxiety in patients before surgery for varicose veins and laparoscopic cholecystectomy].

The trial of estimation of the fear degree before operation and its dependence on the patient's sex, type of operation and anaesthesia was performed. 76 patients before the operation were examined: group I--38 patients, including 27 women and 11 men waiting for the repair of lower extremities varicose veins under local anaesthesia, and group II--also 38 patients, including 27 women and 11 men before the laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to cholecystolithiasis. The Polish version of the Spilberg's State--Trait Anxiety Inventory was used in the estimation of the fear.