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World J Psychiatry. Jan 19, 2026; 16(1): 112129
Published online Jan 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.112129
Published online Jan 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.112129
Preoperative anxiety among patients and its correlation with their personality type and pain: A cross-sectional study
Nariman Salem, Department of Anesthesia, Beirut Arab University, Beirut 1100, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Abdul Hadi Moursel, Ali Zahweh, Dana Shhadi, Fedaa Saad, Mahdi Reda, Mariam Mghames, Rami Roumieh, Rawan Tfaily, Salim M Ramadan, Fatima Akel, Internal Medicine, Beirut Arab University, Beirut 1100, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Bahaa Bou Dargham, Department of Anesthesiology, Hammoud University Hospital, Beirut 1100, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Omar Rajab, Department of Anesthesiology, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut 1100, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Author contributions: Salem N conceptualized the study, designed the methodology, and supervised the overall project; Moursel AH contributed to data collection, literature review, and drafting of the introduction; Zahweh A participated in data acquisition, patient recruitment, and critical manuscript revision; Shhadi D assisted with survey distribution, data entry, and drafting the results; Saad F contributed to questionnaire translation, statistical assistance, and manuscript editing; Reda M was involved in data collection, table preparation, and proofreading; Mghames M contributed to data management, analysis support, and references formatting; Roumieh R participated in patient enrollment, quality control, and data verification; Tfaily R contributed to data entry, manuscript drafting, and formatting; Ramadan SM assisted with data interpretation and writing the discussion; Bou Dargham B contributed to study design, patient access, and critical revisions; Ramadan SM and Rajab O conducted manuscript reviews; Rajab O supported data collection and provided clinical insights; Akel F contributed to statistical analysis, visualization, and final manuscript approval; and all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Makassed General Hospital, approval No. 160724; and Hammoud University Medical Center, approval No. 010824.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study. Participation was voluntary, and anonymity and confidentiality were ensured.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Nariman Salem, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Beirut Arab University, Hamra St., Ghazal Bldg, 3rd Floor, Beirut 1100, Beyrouth, Lebanon.
Received: July 18, 2025
Revised: August 20, 2025
Accepted: October 23, 2025
Published online: January 19, 2026
Processing time: 166 Days and 4.1 Hours
Revised: August 20, 2025
Accepted: October 23, 2025
Published online: January 19, 2026
Processing time: 166 Days and 4.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study is the first in Lebanon to explore the relationship between preoperative anxiety, pain perception, and personality traits in surgical patients. Among 392 participants, emotional stability was inversely associated with anxiety, while conscientiousness correlated with higher pain perception. Surprisingly, no significant link was found between anxiety and pain. These findings underscore the value of psychological profiling in preoperative care and suggest that tailoring interventions based on personality traits may enhance patient outcomes and satisfaction.